Entrepreneurship among business graduates: does a major in entrepreneurship make a difference?

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 154-160

  Kolvereid, Lars ^a   Moen, Øystein ^b  

^a Graduate School of Business   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Education; Entrepreneurship; Graduates; Individual behaviour; Norway; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986145759     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090599710171404     Document Type: Article

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