Entrepreneurship Programs Research Articles

Beyond entrepreneurship education: the long-term impact of higher education teaching models on new venture creation

PurposeTeaching models in higher education entrepreneurship programs affect students’ entrepreneurial intentions. Yet evidence related to their effects on long-term venture creation remains limited. Past research on the effects of teaching models on entrepreneurship has focused narrowly on entrepreneurship education programs. The present study moves beyond this past narrow focus to study teaching model effects on new venture creation across a broad array of higher education programs.Design/methodology/approachWe assess the effects of teaching models on new venture creation across 35 educational programs (entrepreneurship and other business programs) at a large Danish business school, tracing venture creation data for 5 years after graduation (N = 4,717).FindingsCompetence-based teaching models positively impact graduates’ long-term new venture creation across all programs, with no differences between entrepreneurship vs other types of programs.Research limitations/implicationsThese findings carry implications for both education and entrepreneurship research, as well as policymakers and educators, by pointing toward ways of impacting postgraduate business venturing through teaching model reforms extending beyond entrepreneurship education.Originality/valueFor the first time, we find effects of competence teaching models on postgraduation new venture creation across a broad array of business administration programs. The results are novel in documenting that teaching models generally impact venture creation in the long term, and that this occurs regardless of whether the program content centers on entrepreneurship or on other business administration content.

Entrepreneurial Intentions of Accounting Students Based on Entrepreneurial Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, Family Environment, and Accounting Knowledge

Competition for labor in Indonesia is getting tighter, especially for new graduates. Increasing entrepreneurial interest among students, especially accounting students, is one solution to overcome unemployment. This study aims to analyze the effect of entrepreneurial knowledge, self-efficacy, family environment, and accounting knowledge on entrepreneurial intentions of accounting students at public universities in the southern Sumatra region. This research uses quantitative methods with a sample of 104 accounting students class of 2019 who have taken entrepreneurship courses. Data were collected through questionnaires and analyzed using multiple linear regression. The results showed that the four independent variables, namely entrepreneurial knowledge, self-efficacy, family environment, and accounting knowledge, have a positive and significant influence on student entrepreneurial intentions. This study provides implications for the development of planned behavior theory and is an evaluation material for higher education institutions in improving entrepreneurship programs to encourage students to become entrepreneurs and reduce unemployment rates.

Assessing business management factors in young agricultural entrepreneurs in Indonesia

Indonesia faces a pressing challenge in its agricultural sector: the declining participation of young workers due to limited entrepreneurial opportunities and inadequate business management skills. This study investigates the factors influencing business management among young agricultural entrepreneurs participating in the growth of young agricultural entrepreneurs (PWMP) program at Politeknik Pembangunan Pertanian (Polbangtan) Medan, Indonesia. Utilizing a descriptive quantitative approach, data were gathered through questionnaires and analyzed using Likert scale measurements and multiple linear regression tests. The findings highlight that business management capabilities were categorized as high (79.68%), supported by strong personality traits (84.30%), high knowledge levels (83.05%), extensive experience (81.13%), a supportive family environment (75.80%), and a robust entrepreneurial ecosystem (79.78%). Regression analysis revealed that personality, experience, family environment, and the entrepreneurial ecosystem significantly impacted business management capabilities, while knowledge had no notable effect. These results underscore the importance of structured interventions, such as internships and business incubation programs, to enhance practical business skills and foster entrepreneurial success.

PROYECTOS INNOVADORES EN EL SECTOR AZUL: IMPULSANDO LA SOSTENIBILIDAD Y EL DESARROLLO ECONÓMICO DE LOS RECURSOS MARINOS

The Spanish region and the Mediterranean basin are positioned as a globally recognised biodiversity hotspot, hosting more than half of Europe’s catalogued species. However, this biological wealth faces serious threats such as terrestrial and marine pollution, habitat destruction and overfishing. In response to this scenario, significant efforts have been undertaken to restructure economic sectors towards sustainable and environmentally friendly models, with the blue sector being particularly prominent. This sector advocates the sustainable exploitation of seas and oceans, facing challenges such as generational change. Faced with this problem, there is a need for innovative initiatives that integrate education and environmental sustainability, using methodologies that attract new generations to professions in the blue sector. In this context, the Centro de Formación Folgado has led several initiatives at European, national and local level, with the aim of addressing the lack of generational change and promoting the sustainable management of marine resources. Its European projects include Blue Careers for a Sustainable Blue Economy (BOUTCAR), an educational alliance to develop training pathways in the blue sector, and Let’s Form Marine Shelters (FOMSHE), focused on the recovery of the seahorse in the Mediterranean. At the national level, the Emprende Impact project promoted a sustainable entrepreneurship programme aimed at vocational training students. At the local level, the Green Posidonia project has worked on the creation of a pilot plant for the cultivation of Posidonia oceanica and its repopulation, together with educational workshops, while Green Urban Changemakers promoted a more sustainable urban development in the city of Valencia. In addition, the Centre collaborates in other European projects such as BlueCircle, which identifies opportunities within the blue sector, and Let’s Talk Under The Sea (TAUTS), an initiative to promote ocean culture and raise awareness of the effects of underwater noise on marine wildlife. These initiatives reflect a strong commitment to sustainability and innovative education, consolidating the Centro de Formación Folgado as a benchmark in the transformation towards a more sustainable and attractive blue sector for new generations.

A study of the Donetsk People's Republic retail enterprises’ adaptive development landscape

Subject. This article considers the business environment of retail enterprises of the Donetsk People's Republic and discusses their development problems in conditions of uncertainty. Objectives. The article aims to identify key areas for the adaptive development of retail enterprises in the new Russian regions. Methods. For the study, we used the expert assessment and integral estimation methods, multivariate analysis, and graphic modeling. Results. The article finds that the landscape of adaptive development of retail enterprises of the Donetsk People's Republic is uneven, since it is formed under the influence of a wide range of factors, each of which has a multi-vector impact on their development. The implementation of preferential lending programmes for entrepreneurs expands the opportunities for attracting and using borrowed capital to ensure adaptive development. Conclusions. The active implementation of measures to integrate into the legal, economic, cultural, and educational space of Russia contributes to increasing the comfort of the landscape of adaptive development of retail enterprises in the region. Retailers of the Donetsk People's Republic are facing the urgent task of digital transformation of business processes.

TRANSFORMING STUDENT INTO ENTREPRENEURS: THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND E-COMMERCE

This study aims to analyze the influence of Entrepreneurship Education and the utilization of e-commerce on students' Entrepreneurial Interest at Pelita Bangsa University in the digital era. Employing a quantitative approach with a survey method, data were collected from 100 students who had completed entrepreneurship courses and possessed experience in using e-commerce platforms. The analysis, conducted using SEM-PLS, reveals that both Entrepreneurship Education and e-commerce mastery have a significant impact on students' entrepreneurial interest. Entrepreneurship Education contributes to shaping a creative mindset and fostering entrepreneurial motivation, while e-commerce mastery facilitates easy market access, thereby enhancing students' inclination toward digital entrepreneurship. These findings align with prior research emphasizing the pivotal role of entrepreneurship education and e-commerce in fostering entrepreneurial intentions. In conclusion, the integration of entrepreneurship education with e-commerce mastery significantly boosts students' entrepreneurial interest, offering valuable insights for educational institutions to strengthen entrepreneurship programs and e-commerce training, ultimately fostering a new generation of digital entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurship Program Evaluation: Examining the Impact of a Training Program on Women and Underrepresented Groups

The health of a competitive economy relies on many factors, particularly innovation and entrepreneurial endeavors. Entrepreneurship education is a critical component in propelling economic and societal efforts. Thus, more and more entrepreneurship training has been introduced over the years. The aim of this study is to evaluate an entrepreneurship training program with specific interest in women and underrepresented groups. Using Kirkpatrick’s evaluation model and a pre-post quasi-experimental design, we assessed Kirkpatrick’s outcomes at three levels: reaction/satisfaction, knowledge gain, and intention/results. We were able to parse out the various levels in Kirkpatrick’s model, thus netting the impact on these two groups.

Entrepreneurial Fuel for Success: The Influence of Opportunity and Skills on Student Entrepreneurial Motivation

This research aims to analyze the influence of skills and opportunities on entrepreneurial motivation among Indonesian students. Using quantitative methods, this research collected data from 314 students who were randomly selected through a digital questionnaire. Regression analysis shows that both skills and opportunities have a significant positive influence on entrepreneurial motivation, with skills having a more dominant impact. These results indicate that developing entrepreneurial skills through education or related programs can increase students' entrepreneurial motivation. It is hoped that these findings can contribute to the entrepreneurship literature in the Indonesian context and help develop more effective entrepreneurship programs in higher education.

Evaluation of General Entrepreneurship Programme Curriculum in Tertiary Institutions in Ogun State, Nigeria

Entrepreneurship programme has recently been discussed as the only solution to the unemployment ravaging the country. Using epistemological approach of the quantitative case study of the descriptive research design, this study assessed the general entrepreneurship programme curriculum in tertiary institutions in Ogun State. This was with a view to providing information on the extent of implementation of the entrepreneurship programme curriculum in Tertiary institutions in Ogun State, Nigeria. Directors of three higher institutions of learning (one University, one Polytechnic and one College of Education) were purposively selected based on compliance with the requirements for entrepreneurship programme. The results showed that the entrepreneurship programme curriculum in tertiary institutions in Ogun State was not effectively implemented. Also, it was discovered that only 37.4% of the courses had written curriculum. In addition, it was discovered that only 35.4% written curriculum are available for the entrepreneurship programme courses. Based on the findings of the study, it was therefore recommended that more skill acquisition courses should be embraced as stipulated by the federal government and experts should be employed to design written curriculum for entrepreneurship courses in tertiary institutions in Ogun state among others.

Hubungan antara Pembekalan Kewirausahaan dalam Pengelolaan Unit Bisnis Pondok Pesantren dengan Minat Berwirausaha Santri

The low interest of the community in entrepreneurship, which is often caused by the lack of early entrepreneurship education, is a major challenge. Islamic boarding schools, as religious-based educational institutions, have great potential to contribute to producing entrepreneurs through providing entrepreneurship to their students. This study analyzes the relationship between entrepreneurship provision in managing business units and the interest in entrepreneurship of students at the Sabilul Huda Islamic Boarding School, Tasikmalaya City, using a quantitative survey method. The sample consisted of 30 students who were actively involved in the Islamic boarding school business unit, with data collected through a Likert scale questionnaire. The results of the study showed that entrepreneurship provision had a positive and significant relationship with the interest in entrepreneurship of students, as evidenced by the correlation coefficient value of 0.653. This finding indicates that the better the entrepreneurship provision, the higher the interest of students in entrepreneurship. This study emphasizes the importance of the intensity and quality of entrepreneurship programs in supporting the development of competitive young entrepreneurs, especially in Islamic boarding schools, in order to support national economic growth.

Towards Poverty Reduction and Sustainability in West African Countries: Role of Entrepreneurial Empowerment

Poverty reduction in Africa is one of the main issues African governments and their financial partners face. Over the years, billions of U.S. funds have been invested to aid African countries in fighting pervasive Poverty. Despite efforts to implement changes and promote growth initiatives, it is obvious that expected outcomes have not been met yet. This study examined the Impact of Entrepreneurial Empowerment on Poverty Reduction and Sustainability in West African Countries with empirical evidence from the Tony Elumelu Foundation. The study's purpose is to assess how the TEF Entrepreneurship Program contributes to poverty reduction in West African countries and adopts an ex-post research design from the TEF financial report expenses on entrepreneurship programs in West African countries. The study finds that TEF entrepreneurship programs contribute to poverty reduction in West African countries by just 28% which is quite impressive. These findings also highlight the significant growing expenses. In developing West African nations, the value of generous organizations that help facilitate the success of those businesses contributes to progress toward the global SDGs through the trend. The study therefore recommends that the analyses should provide strong evidence and validation that these TEF Program pillars are critical for entrepreneurial success and should therefore be retained and continue to be mandatory pillars of the poverty reduction Program.

Entrepreneurship and Skill Development: The Vision for India's Youth in NEP 2020

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020's emphasis on skill development and entrepreneurship is expected to have a profound impact on India's youth. By integrating vocational education into the normal curriculum, promoting entrepreneurship education, and fostering industry-academia partnerships, NEP 2020 target to equip India's youth with the requisite skills and entrepreneurial potential. This can enhance their employability, entrepreneurial spirit, and ability to be creative and inventive. However, problems like debt, unemployment, and regional disparities may still arise. Through the successful implementation of NEP 2020's provisions, including mentorship and support networks, these barriers can be reduced and the potential of India's youth can be fulfilled. In order to find out how India's young perceive the effects of skill development and entrepreneurial programs under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, this study mainly uses an opinion poll. The study adds to the body of knowledge already available on entrepreneurship and skill development, offering guidance to stakeholders in the industry, educators, and policymakers.

Pengembangan Pondok Pesantren Melalui Program Kewirausahaan untuk Kemandirian Pesantren

Islamic boarding schools (pondok pesantren) play a strategic role in developing human resources that are not only religiously competent but also economically independent. In addressing the challenges of globalization, pesantren independence can be strengthened through entrepreneurship programs that provide economic benefits, empower students (santri), and contribute to the surrounding community. This study focuses on analyzing the entrepreneurship programs at Pondok Pesantren Al Kautsar 561, which include biofloc tilapia farming and melon cultivation in greenhouses, using a descriptive qualitative approach. Data collection involved focus group discussions (FGD) with foundation administrators, teachers, students, and the local community. The findings reveal that entrepreneurship programs enhance pesantren independence by generating additional income, which is utilized for scholarships and operational activities. Entrepreneurship training equips students with practical skills in agribusiness and aquaculture, such as biofloc systems and greenhouse technology. Furthermore, these programs strengthen the relationship between pesantren and the community through community-based economic collaboration, creating job opportunities and improving local economic resilience. However, challenges such as limited resources and access to technology persist. Solutions include establishing strategic partnerships with external parties and providing training in digital marketing to ensure program sustainability.

Training interventions that enhance entrepreneurship self-efficacy among unemployed youth: A South Africa perspective

Youth unemployment is an ongoing issue that affects individuals domestically and globally, and such a problem has been an issue for a number of years. As a survival approach for economic improvement in most countries, entrepreneurship has been the driving force. There is some evidence that entrepreneurship programs can increase employability. In addition, it can increase motivation for starting a business, particularly among youth who typically have lower levels of self-confidence. To identify how entrepreneurial training interventions can enhance entrepreneurship elf-efficacy among unemployed youth, as systematic review of past study was conducted. Human capital theory was used to explain how human development idea, which encourages economic production through the foundation for skill development and training programs. The theory assists in exploring the intervention programs that enhance self-efficacy in entrepreneurship. The review revealed that there is a direct relationship between training interventions and youth unemployment. It is concluded that training interventions assist the youth to be more informed and skilled, exposing them to venture creation. Therefore, training interventions are the soundest approach to addressing youth unemployment and other socioeconomic issues.

Generation Z Entrepreneurial Morals towards Intention through Self-Efficacy and Motivation, Based on Creative Economy

This research aims to identify the influence of entrepreneurial morals on entrepreneurial intention, with self-efficacy and entrepreneurial motivation as intervening variables among Generation Z students of tourism study program. This is a quantitative research using the Path Analysis method. Based on computation, sample of this research is using 100 tourism students from Indonesian Education University (UPI), who are participating in the entrepreneurship program. The results of the study indicate that entrepreneurial motivation plays an important role as a significant mediator in linking entrepreneurial moral with entrepreneurial intention, while self-efficacy does not have a significant influence on the relationship between entrepreneurial moral to entrepreneurial intention. Overall, entrepreneurial moral play a significantly important role in increasing the self-efficacy, entrepreneurial motivation and entrepreneurial intention of tourism students. It is expected that this research can recommend and contribute to the development of a more effective and relevant creative economy-based entrepreneurship program to increase interest in entrepreneurship among tourism students.

Usaha Budidaya Jamur Tiram Putih (Pleurotus ostreatus) Untuk Mendukung Jiwa Kewirausahaan di Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan

White oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) is one type of mushroom as a source of vegetable food that is widely favored by the public. The quality of mushrooms that contain high protein, healthy food sources, and suitable for all groups. In Indonesia, the cultivation business has started to develop and not only among entrepreneurs, but also the general public. Efforts to understand cultivation need to be carried out from an early age, including in schools, so that it can become the basis for developing students' interests, especially related to entrepreneurship program activities. The purpose of this activity is to provide understanding, practice, and business of white oyster mushrooms at SMK YPKP Sentani. The methods used were FGDs, cultivation practices and small-scale cultivation businesses at the school level. The results of the activity showed that the students were enthusiastic in participating in the activity. After the activity all participants have recognized and understood the shape and morphological structure of mushrooms. This activity increased the understanding of white oyster mushroom cultivation by 175.3%, from 34.05% to 93.74%, and understanding of marketing potential reached 183.8% from 29.9% to 85.7%. Moreover, the results of their cultivation through mentoring can be successfully carried out independently at the school level. Businesses that are carried out with simple technology, and produce quality products are very attractive to them in entrepreneurship.

Assistance For Students to Improving Islamic Religious And Economic Education In Islamic Boarding Schools in Indonesia

The Ahmad Dahlan Qur'an Memorization Islamic Boarding School in Ponorogo Regency is an Islamic boarding school under the auspices of the Muhammadiyah organization, which has a different level of academic quality compared to modern boarding school students, including the following: 1) Mastery of the yellow books or classical Islamic literature in Arabic across various religious disciplines. 2) In- depth knowledge of Arabic grammar or Nahwu, Sharaf, balaghah (meaning, bayan, badi’), and logic, as these subjects are studied seriously and occupy a significant portion of the modern boarding school curriculum. 3) Proficiency in memorizing the Qur'an. 4). Entrepreneurship program for students. Students are required to study Islam comprehensively to develop a religious character. The pesantren emphasizes values such as discipline, a sense of responsibility, independence, simplicity, and honesty. In addition, they are also taught about entrepreneurship. It is hoped that the students will develop a character that can master their faith and possess the skills for independence after graduating from the pesantren.

Improving Student Entrepreneurship Skills through Training and Mentoring

Every organisation from student organisations, schools and other organisations need training programmes. However, the problem is that there is no training centre that offers the various programmes needed for the development of these student organisations. For this reason, it is necessary to develop a training centre to accommodate the demand for training from student organisations, both university organisations, schools and other student organisations. Furthermore, there is also the problem of the absence of an Entrepreneur Centre that serves to accommodate the results of student entrepreneurship programmes to be sold directly or online. Therefore, it is very necessary and urgent to develop a training centre and entrepreneur centre. So the purpose of this activity is to develop a training centre and entrepreneur center (PEC) Padang through a website platform With this, there is a forum that can accommodate the results of entrepreneurship of Padang State University students and also offer several training programs.The stages that will be carried out are (1) the establishment of a training centre that offers several training programs (leadership, organizational management, proposal making, tutoring etc.) online and offline, (2) mentoring and training student entrepreneurship, (3) creating a website for the Padang training and entrepreneur center (PEC) as a promotional medium. The results of this activity can foster students' entrepreneurial spirit, increase employment opportunities and facilitate student entrepreneurship services and products..

Addressing the paradox in entrepreneurial education's impacts

Does entrepreneurship education matter? We answer this overarching question based on a recent empirical study of how such training impacts personal, firm-level, and societal outcomes over a wide range of organizations where it has been applied. The analysis provides a better understanding of the current contrast between entrepreneurial education's significant positive micro-level effects and its lack of significant effects at the macro-level (e.g., in national start-up rates). We base the results on a survey of students who graduated from formal entrepreneurship programs in the last decade; we ask them about their education, their individual entrepreneurial performance at whatever organizations they then contributed to, that organization's performance, and several other outcomes of interest to society (e.g., innovations). We find not only the usual contrast in micro- and macro-level effects, but also new results in between – i.e., at the organizational level where it appears educational benefits begin to dissipate. We then use these results to not only generate a set of relevant possible explanations, including a novel narrative for that current contrast based on a solid analogy, but also to propose several new recommendations to improve the outcomes studied.

Empowering entrepreneurial success through the development of interpersonal skills and business plans in women entrepreneurs

Women's entrepreneurial success can be achieved through the development of soft skills and the development of business plans to enhance business management skills. The study evaluated the impact of an entrepreneurial program focused on soft skills and business plan development through a pre-experimental methodology; a pre-and post-test was conducted on 28 women participants of the "Emprende Mujer" group over eight sessions. The main findings revealed a significant improvement in the soft skills of the women, as well as overcoming the lack of knowledge about the structure of a business plan, with a value of (p ≤ 0.05). In conclusion, the business program proved to be effective for women entrepreneurs in search of business sustainability. This study highlights the importance of acquiring soft skills through experience. At the same time, the creation and development of business plans require educational intervention by specialists, as a lack of knowledge in key areas such as marketing and operations can hinder the growth of ventures.