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Abstract
This study investigated approaches and challenges of managing functional and innovative Entrepreneurship Centres for global competitiveness in public universities in South-South, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey design and was guided by two research questions and two hypotheses. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 487 from the population of 9,735 academic staff in the 14 public universities in South-South, Nigeria. Data was collected using a survey questionnaire instrument which was validated for reliability at 0.88. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyse the research questions while z-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that in South-South, Nigeria were not globally competitive. Some of the approaches that could be deployed to improve their global competitiveness included using diverse means to enhance entrepreneurial behaviours and mindsets of the students and adopting extensive use of visuals, digital tools and multimedia to enhance their creativity. The challenges identified include inadequate funding, poor university-industry partnership on Research & Development and inadequate infrastructural facilities. It is recommended that Entrepreneurship Centres in public universities in South-South, Nigeria should be adequately funded and they should adopt relevant approaches in order to become globally competitive.
Highlights
Nigeria recently introduced mandatory theory and skills acquisition entrepreneurship education in all tertiary institutions in the country
This study has revealed that the challenges that confront the utilization of these approaches in managing functional and innovative Entrepreneurship Centres in public universities in South-South Nigeria for global competitiveness include: inadequate funding; poor university-industry partnership; inadequate trained personnel; poor policy frameworks and their implementation; inadequate infrastructure; and pedagogical/assessment issues
These findings corroborate the findings of Oliobi (2017), Adejimola and Olufumilayo (2009) and Sulaiman (2010). Their studies had found that adequate funding for the purchase of equipment and relevant facilities remains a major challenge in the management of Entrepreneurship Centres in universities
Summary
Nigeria recently introduced mandatory theory and skills acquisition entrepreneurship education in all tertiary institutions in the country. Innovative Entrepreneurship Centres need to be continuously creative in the introduction and improvement of new ideas leading to better ways of doing things (Barringer & Ireland, 2006; Pretorius, Millard & Kruger, 2005; Bosma & Harding, 2007; Baldacchino, 2009) They invest time and resources in research, improvement of technology and knowledge management. University graduates are still chasing very small number of job opportunities on offer instead of creating jobs and wealth by themselves This re-enforces the urgent need to examine ways that functional and innovative Entrepreneurship Centres could be managed, for example, in public universities in South-South Nigeria, for self-reliance, job creation, increased productivity and global competitiveness. This study examined fourteen approaches and seven challenges to determine the factors affecting managing functional and innovative Entrepreneurship Centres in South-South Nigeria for global competitiveness
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