Entrepreneurship education and training : an international perspective / editor, Harry Matlay.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Matlay, Harry.

Series:

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development ; 14, no. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business education.

Entrepreneurship--Study and teaching.

Entrepreneurship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford : Emerald Group Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years, issues relating to education, training and the development of entrepreneurs and/or their workforce have climbed steadily toward the top of government agenda and currently represent a high priority imperative for government policy throughout the industrially developed and developing world. The twelve contributions included in this e-book are indicative of the richness and variety of subtopics that represent the subject area. They consolidate conceptual and contextual growth in this field of entrepreneurship research.

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Introduction; An examination of entrepreneurship education in the United States; Enterprise for all? The fragility of enterprise provision across England's HEIs; New graduate employment within SMEs: still in the dark?; Creating the reasonable adventurer: the co-evolution of student and learning environment; The role of gender in US microenterprise business plan development; Entrepreneurship education in the UK: a longitudinal perspective; Collaborative business relationships; Vocational training: trust, talk and knowledge transfer in small businesses

Small business owners: too busy to train?Human resource management in growing small firms; Training commitment and performance in manufacturing SMEs; Using training and development to affect job satisfaction within franchising

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-92901-4

9786610929016

1-84663-449-0

OCLC:

182785492