The role of entrepreneurship education as a predictor of university students’ entrepreneurial intention

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 623-641

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Duysters, Geert ^b   Cloodt, Myriam ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial intention; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship education; Prior entrepreneurial exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946501701     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-012-0246-z     Document Type: Article

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