Entrepreneurship among business graduates: does a major in entrepreneurship make a difference?
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Entrepreneurship has become a widely taught subject in universities and business schools. However, only a very small number of studies have investigated the effect of entrepreneurship education. The present research compares the behaviour of business graduates with a major in entrepreneurship and graduates with other majors from a Norwegian business school. The results indicate that graduates with an entrepreneurship major are more likely to start new businesses and have stronger entrepreneurial intentions than other graduates.
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Entrepreneurship education raises positive perceptions of entrepreneurship, such as attitudes and intentions.
“A large number of studies have indicated that entrepreneurship education is raising the positive perception of entrepreneurship, such as attitudes and intentions (Kolvereid & Moen, 1997;Liñ án, Rodríguez-Cohard, & Rueda-Cantuche, 2011;Tkachev & Kolvereid, 1999).”
From Putting Entrepreneurship Education Where the Intention to Act Lies: An Investigation Into the Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Behavior (2015) · cites this paper as Kolvereid & Moen, 1997
The effect of people's intentions on their behavior may evolve over time, which would mean that longer time frames are required to more thoroughly test the effects of entrepreneurship education.
“However, the effect of people's intentions on their behavior may evolve over time (Kolvereid & Moen, 1997), which would mean that longer time frames are required to more thoroughly test the effects of entrepreneurship education.”
From Putting Entrepreneurship Education Where the Intention to Act Lies: An Investigation Into the Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Behavior (2015) · cites this paper as Kolvereid & Moen, 1997
Previous studies have indicated that men are more likely to develop the intention to start a business venture than women.
“previous studies have indicated that men are more likely to develop the intention to start a business venture than women (Kolvereid & Moen, 1997)”
From Putting Entrepreneurship Education Where the Intention to Act Lies: An Investigation Into the Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Behavior (2015) · cites this paper as Kolvereid & Moen, 1997
We did not identify any experimental study using long time frames of 8-14 years.
“Although studies examining alumni using a posttest design introduced long time lags of 8-14 years (Charney & Libecap, 2002;Kolvereid & Moen, 1997), we did not identify any experimental study using such long time frames.”
From Putting Entrepreneurship Education Where the Intention to Act Lies: An Investigation Into the Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Behavior (2015) · cites this paper as Kolvereid & Moen, 1997
Kolvereid and Moen (1997) found that entrepreneurship education had an effect on subsequent behavior 8 years later.
“Support for long-term effects was reported by Kolvereid and Moen (1997): They found that entrepreneurship education had an effect on subsequent behavior 8 years later.”
From Putting Entrepreneurship Education Where the Intention to Act Lies: An Investigation Into the Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Behavior (2015) · cites this paper as Kolvereid and Moen (1997)
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“Some research further suggests that individuals who have had entrepreneurship training and education are also more likely to start a business (e.g. Kolvereid & Moen, 1997) than those who have not had entrepreneurship education and training.”
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- Authors
- Kolvereid, L., & Moen, Ø.
- Affiliations
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Venue
- Journal of European Industrial Training
- Publisher
- Emerald
- Published
- 1997-06-01
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 154-160
- ISSN
- 0309-0590 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2056887378
- Cited by
- 586
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of European Industrial Training (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
- Social Sciences › Education › Vocational and Entrepreneurial Education
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education and Employability
- Keywords
- entrepreneurship education, business school graduates, entrepreneurial intention, startups
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