Entrepreneurial Event Model Research Articles

How Entrepreneurship Education Promotes Entrepreneurial Intentions? Mediating and Moderating Effects

Although the benefits of entrepreneurship education have been well studied, how entrepreneurship education promotes university students' entrepreneurial intentions is less understood. Based on the entrepreneurial event model, we hypothesized that participation in business plan competition mediates the positive effect of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intentions. We further proposed the moderating effect of entrepreneurial relationship self-efficacy, moderating effect of perceived entrepreneurial policy, and joint moderating effect of the both on the relationship between entrepreneurship education and participation in business plan competition. We tested our hypotheses with the data from a sample of 1352 university students from China. Data analysis results supported the mediating role of participation in business plan competition, and the moderating effect hypotheses. Our study suggests educators should put more effort on encouraging and supporting students to participate in the business plan competitions.

The role of entrepreneurship education as a predictor of university students’ entrepreneurial intention

Using Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior and Shapero’s entrepreneurial event model as well as entrepreneurial cognition theory, we attempt to identify the relationship between entrepreneurship education, prior entrepreneurial exposure, perceived desirability and feasibility, and entrepreneurial intentions (EI) for university students. The data were collected from a survey of ten universities; we received 494 effective responses. We used probit estimation to show that perceived desirability significantly impacts EI whereas there is no significant impact from perceived feasibility. There is a significant negative impact from exposure (which is surprising) and a significant positive impact from entrepreneurship education. Males and people from technological universities and/or backgrounds have higher EI than females and people from other universities and backgrounds. There are also significant positive interactive effects by gender, university type, and study major on the relationship between entrepreneurship education and EI.

Comparison of entrepreneurial intentions among college students in China and Pakistan

In this comparative study, we conduct an empirical analysis on entrepreneurial intentions of college students in China and Pakistan based upon Shapero’s entrepreneurial event model. Based on our empirical results, we suggest constructing a holistic policy with active cooperation from the government, industry and educational institutions in order to increase student exposure to entrepreneurship, along with teaching students the requisite knowledge for starting a business and obtaining financial capital.

Modelling Entrepreneurial Attitudes in Women Entrepreneurs with Bayesian Networks

The entrepreneurial attitude model is nowadays getting more attention as a framework to explain and describe new business creation. In short, the attitude model posits that the entrepreneurial behavior is a planed action conditioned by the potential entrepreneur’s attitudes which depends on desirability and feasibility beliefs. We have developed and compared three different Bayesian net models taking into account the principles of the Shapero’s entrepreneurial event model. We have also modeled feasibility using two different dimensions. Firstly, we considered opportunity feasibility dimension referring to the degree in which a business would be successful attending to the market opportunities or demands. Secondly, we included a dimension of resources feasibility referring to the feasibility of the business in terms of the availability of possible resources to make the company a reality. The first model contained both feasibility dimensions whereas the other two only contained one dimension. Our results show that the Bayesian model containing the two forms of feasibility is better to predict entrepreneurial intentions. Implications in the context of promoting entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviors amongst women are finally discussed.

Comparison of entrepreneurial intention among college students in the USA and China

As part of a bi-country survey project, this paper empirically compares the entrepreneurial intention of college students in the USA and China. Theoretically rooted in Shapero's entrepreneurial event model, this paper reveals a deficiency of systematic training on entrepreneurship opportunity recognition in China. Moreover, the low percentage of students working during college is an important factor leading to lower entrepreneurial probability in China. Another important result is that students in both countries indicate a need for the knowledge and skills of entrepreneurship; and the need for favourable public policies and legislation.

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Drawing on insights from the entrepreneurial event model, this study aims to examine the mediating effect of entrepreneurial self-confidence (ESC) on the relationship between perceived entrepreneurial desirability (PED), perceived entrepreneurial feasibility (PEF) and entrepreneurial intentions (EIs) among hospitality management technology (HMT) students. A descriptive correlational research design was adopted and data were collected from a randomly selected sample of 157 final year HMT students using a self-reported questionnaire. PLS-SEM was employed to test the hypotheses. The results showed that PED and PEF were positively associated with HMT students' ESC and EIs. Further analysis indicated that ESC significantly predicted HMT students’ EIs and mediated the links between PED and EIs and between PEF and EIs of HMT students. These findings suggest that positive and strong perceptions of desirability and feasibility of a hospitality business activate high levels of ESC among HMT students and, high ESC, in turn, enhances their EIs. The findings have practical implications for higher education institutions that offer HMT course and governments. This study does not only validate the entrepreneurial event model in different contexts but also modifies the model by empirically demonstrating the indirect effects of PED and PEF on EIs through ESC.