A critical review of the effects of entrepreneurship training in developing countries

Enterprise Development and Microfinance

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 335-353

  Glaub, Matthias ^a   Frese, Michael ^b,c  

^a DB NETZ AG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Business management; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship training programmes; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; MICROFINANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRAINING;

EID: 84856387171     PISSN: 17551978     EISSN: 17551986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3362/1755-1986.2011.035     Document Type: Review

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