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Openness That Matters: Net Generation, Higher Education, and Student Entrepreneurship

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There is considerable research on “who” is creative, how they think, and the organizational cultures that foster both the generation and the application of creative ideas. Creative leaps, whether small or large, may be thought of as the connection of two or more disparate ideas or concepts within the mind of an individual.

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Del Giudice, M. (2013). Openness That Matters: Net Generation, Higher Education, and Student Entrepreneurship. In: Unpacking Open Innovation. Palgrave Studies in Democracy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Growth. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137354372_5

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