Trusting local translation: Experiences from transplanting a 'Made in Britain' entrepreneurship course in China

Management Learning

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 182-199

  Farquharson, Maris ^a   Örtenblad, Anders ^a   Hsu, Shih wei ^a  

^a University of Nottingham Ningbo China   (China)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; China; entrepreneurship; international education; narratives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898906201     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507612473564     Document Type: Article

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