Entrepreneurship education at university: A driver in the creation of high growth firms?

Education + Training

Volumn 44, Issue , 2002, Pages 398-405

  Galloway, Laura ^a   Brown, Wendy ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Entrepreneurialism; Growth; Small to medium sized enterprises; United Kingdom; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986173325     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910210449231     Document Type: Article

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