Entrepreneurship education: Can business schools meet the challenge?

Education + Training

Volumn 46, Issue , 2004, Pages 510-519

  Kirby, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business schools; Education; Entrepreneurialism; Organizational effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986173888     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910410569632     Document Type: Article

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