... is positively correlated; in the US, the results are mixed. This study aims to expand the scientific literature and focuses on Politecnico di Torino, Italy: the cases of the Industrial and Management Engineering Bachelor (BA) and Master of Science (MS) degree programs are examined. Design/methodology...

... of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Italy Teaching Lifelong learning Enterprise education Key competence Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship This paper seeks to fill the research gap, and examines how educators can teach the key competence...

...-assessment of improvement in their own performance. Design/methodology/approach The study focuses on Poland, Italy and Germany, with a total of 1,020 learners undergoing initial vocational training in the retail sector taking part. Findings The findings point to high levels of acceptance...

... in the USA and in other European countries, entrepreneurship education in Italy is rather “underdeveloped”. Only a few universities have courses or specific curricula dedicated to entrepreneurship. The courses are concentrated within business faculties while very few exist in science and engineering...

... in order to signal their productivity to potential employers, thereby increasing their probability of finding a standard job. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Italy Graduates Labor market Employment Temporary workers Permanent workers Labor market transitions Non‐standard wage...

... Publishing Limited 2011 School‐to‐work transition Adolescent dropouts Vocational training Competent self Transitional outcomes Learning and work Social inclusion Italy Young adults The psychosocial implications of school failure or success in the school‐to‐work transition have...

... for their skills. Luisa Rosti can be contacted at: lrosti@eco.unipv.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Self employed workers Graduates Gender Tertiary education Italy Why do some individuals and not others become self‐employed? [1] Why do some individuals manage to continue...

... and leadership skills. However, more research is needed to support these findings as the study is limited by its sample size and focus on the Alpine region of South‐Tyrol, Italy. Practical implications The results suggest that entrepreneurs should establish better motivational structures within...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Tourism Training Skills Italy France Spain Changing skill needs in the tourism industry Keywords: Tourism, Training, Skills, Italy, France, Spain Tourism is the world's leading industry in terms of gross domestic product and among...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Computer-based training Italy European Union Computer-based training that emulates a human Keywords Computer-based training, Italy, European Union Research by a group of six organizations – three in the UK and three in Italy – has...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Partnering Motor industry Italy Keywords Partnering, Motor industry, Italy A new first-degree course in automotive engineering has been launched as a result of an agreement between Italian vehicle-maker Fiat and Turin Polytechnic. The course...

... Keywords: Europe, Italy, Projects Italy tops list of Jean Monnet beneficiaries Europe Italy Projects © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> The European Commission has issued a list of the 137 successful projects for 1999 in the Jean Monnet programme, which supports...