Developing Curricula With A Major Emphasis In Entrepreneurship - An Accounting Perspective

Abstract

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Batang;">Until recently, large corporations produced most new jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Therefore, curricula and courses taught in university business schools in the United States were tailored primarily for graduates likely to be employed in large corporations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Today, however, the majority of newly created jobs are generated by small businesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>With the increasing economic importance of smaller businesses, universities should adjust their curricula to include classes designated specifically for entrepreneurs of small businesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>This can be accomplished in a variety of ways:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>by emphasizing factors applicable to small businesses while teaching standard business school courses; by introducing new courses directed solely at entrepreneurship; or by altering existing courses and combining them with new courses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>This paper examines this process at one public university from an accounting perspective.</span></span></span></p>