Abstract
This article outlines the most important barriers for Bulgarian and Polish students that abandon or significantly reduce the execution of their entrepreneurial intentions and the start of new businesses. There are significant and diverse barriers in the implementation of entrepreneurial activities, but it is especially important that they are outlined for young people with a desire and intentions for entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurial activities developed by young educated people are very important for the initiating and identifying changes in the economy’s and society’s structures. An increasingly important place in this process is taken by higher education institutions, which with their adequate training can "turn" intentions into real entrepreneurial activities or completely lock people with great potential for entrepreneurship. The aim of this article is to highlight some key barriers preventing students to develop their business intentions and initiatives. They are based on a survey conducted in Bulgaria and Poland among students studying entrepreneurial subjects at the “St. Cyril and St. Methodius” University of Veliko Tarnovo and Maritime University of Szczecin, Poland. On this basis, some conclusions are outlined and recommendations are made to universities in terms of strengthening their role as external motivators for launching various entrepreneurial projects by their students.
Highlights
This study proves once again that modern and adequate to the needs of students entrepreneurship education, plays a significant role in orienting them to entrepreneurial careers
The questionnaires consist of three sections with closed questions: intentions, motives and barriers to starting a business as for a base for its construction is used a questionnaire developed by Hristova & Vasilska[2]
Entrepreneurial intentions for starting a business by students Summarized data from the question regarding intentions for starting a business are given in fig
Summary
F) Yes, but under certain conditions e) Yes, but only if I come up with an idea that is worth the risk d) Yes, but after having sufficient work experience as an employee c) Yes, up to three years b) Yes, within one year a) No. The data show that most of the students have intentions related to entrepreneurship in the short, medium or long term. The data show that most of the students have intentions related to entrepreneurship in the short, medium or long term Such comparable at national level data are not available for a longer period of time, due to the partial monitoring of the indicator for Bulgaria (GEM).
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