Building social capital through action learning: An insight into the entrepreneur

Education + Training

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 226-235

  Taylor, David W ^a   Jones, Oswald ^a   Boles, Kevin ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action learning; Entrepreneurs; Higher education; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986146384     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910410549805     Document Type: Article

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