Tracking student entrepreneurial potential: Personal attributes and the propensity for business start-ups after graduation in a Portuguese university

Problems and Perspectives in Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 46-54

  Gerry, Chris ^a   Marques, Carla Susana ^a   Nogueira, Fernanda ^a  

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Author keywords

Business start ups; Entrepreneurial potential; Entrepreneurship; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861934315     PISSN: 17277051     EISSN: 18105467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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