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Resistance and Change: Making A Case for the Entrepreneurial Mindset

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The purpose of this chapter is to identify the challenges, barriers, and how to make a case for the entrepreneurial mindset.

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  1. Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Lisa Bosman

  2. Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Stephanie Fernhaber

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Bosman, L., Fernhaber, S. (2018). Resistance and Change: Making A Case for the Entrepreneurial Mindset. In: Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset to Engineers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61412-0_8

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