Learning apart and together: Towards an integrated competence framework for sustainable entrepreneurship in higher education

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-47

  Lans, Thomas ^a   Blok, Vincent ^a   Wesselink, Renate ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competence; Education for sustainable development; Entrepreneurship education; Higher education; Sustainable entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP;

PLANNING; STUDENTS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84887228393     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.03.036     Document Type: Article

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