Developing entrepreneurial graduates: An action-learning approach

Education + Training

Volumn 42, Issue , 2000, Pages 282-288

  Jones Evans, Dylan ^a   Williams, William ^b   Deacon, Jonathan ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action learning; Business schools; Entrepreneurship; Graduates; Projects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986061542     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910010347759     Document Type: Article

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