Developing entrepreneurship in West Yorkshire: West Yorkshire universities’ partnership and Business Start-Up@Leeds Met

Education + Training

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 303-307

  Robertson, Martyn ^a   Collins, Amanda ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Entrepreneurialism; Graduates; United Kingdom; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986131113     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910310495941     Document Type: Article

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