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A disaggregated view of soft skills: Entrepreneurship education systems of Africa

Amon Simba Orcid Logo, Mahdi Tajeddin Orcid Logo, Paul Jones Orcid Logo, Patient Rambe Orcid Logo

Journal of Small Business Management, Pages: 1 - 33

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/00472778.2024.2356596

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Much of the literature on entrepreneurship education describes the teaching concept as a whole, which means that additional work must be done to tease out its individual components. Accordingly, this study focuses on soft skills—a core component of entrepreneurship education that represents entrepre...

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Published in: Journal of Small Business Management
ISSN: 0047-2778 1540-627X
Published: Informa UK Limited 2024
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