Graduate entrepreneurship in the developing world: Intentions, education and development

Education + Training

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 325-334

  Nabi, Ghulam ^a   Liñán, Francisco ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Developing world; Entrepreneurialism; Entrepreneurship; Graduates; Higher education; Intentions; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959810623     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400911111147668     Document Type: Review

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