The Influence of Entrepreneurship Education on The Business Performance Through Entrepreneurial Intention

Abstract

The research was conducted at MSMEs Batik KampungLaweyan, Surakarta City, Central Java Province, Indonesia. Problems that occur in MSMEs Batik Laweyan is a decrease in sales turnover and some MSMEs bankruptcy. This research aims to determine the influence of entrepreneurship education on business performance through entrepreneurial intentions. The method used is descriptive method with a survey approach. The number of respondents in this research were 67 MSMEs owners. Testing the hypothesis in this research using PLS-SEM analysis with the help of software SmartPLS 3.0. The results showed (a) entrepreneurial education has a positive and significant influence on entrepreneurial intentions (original sample 0.276 & t-value 2.136> 1.96), (b) entrepreneurial education has a positive and significant influence on business performance (orginal sample 0.235 & t-value 2,960> 1.96), (c) entrepreneurial intention has a positive and significant influence on business performance (orginal sample 0.323 & t-value 1.96), (d) entrepreneurial education has an indirect influence on business performance through entrepreneurial intentions (the values of indirect influence is 0.089).