Developing innovation and entrepreneurial skills in youth through mass education: The example of ICT in the UAE

International Perspectives on Education and Society

Volumn 23, Issue , 2014, Pages 85-123

  Wiseman, Alexander W ^a   Anderson, Emily ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational innovation; Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM); Information and communication technology (ICT); Mass education; Public sector entrepreneurship; United arab emirates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901428081     PISSN: 14793679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1479-3679(2013)0000023013     Document Type: Article

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