Barriers to start-up and their effect on aspirant entrepreneurs

Education + Training

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 308-316

  Robertson, Martyn ^a   Collins, Amanda ^a   Medeira, Natasha ^a   Slater, James ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Entrepreneurialism; Problem solving; Small enterprises; Start ups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986097620     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910310495950     Document Type: Article

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