Knowledge context and entrepreneurial intentions among students

Small Business Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 877-895

  Dohse, Dirk ^a   Walter, Sascha G ^b  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial intentions; Knowledge context; Knowledge spillover; Multilevel analysis; Occupational choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868572679     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9324-9     Document Type: Article

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