Developing a public school entrepreneurship inventory: Theoretical conceptualization and empirical examination

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 221-244

  Eyal, Ori ^a   Inbar, Dan E ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Centralized control; Entrepreneurialism; Geographic regions; Inventory; Public schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986172688     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552550310501356     Document Type: Article

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