How industrial experience affects entrepreneurial intent and self-efficacy in UK engineering undergraduates

New Technology Based Firms in the New Millennium

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 23-36

  Ward, Anthony ^a   Cooper, Sarah ^b   Cave, Frank ^c   Lucas, William ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84889244558     PISSN: 18760228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1876-0228(08)06003-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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