Making universities more entrepreneurial: Development of a model

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 302-316

  Kirby, David A ^a   Guerrero, Maribel ^b   Urbano, David ^b  

^a BRITISH UNIVERSITY IN EGYPT   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial universities; Entrepreneurism; Entrepreneurship; Higher education; Institutional economics; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055075152     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/CJAS.220     Document Type: Article

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