Fostering students’ competence in identifying business opportunities in entrepreneurship education

Karimi, Saeid; Biemans, H.J.A.; Lans, Thomas; Aazami, Mousa; Mulder, Martin

doi:10.1080/14703297.2014.993419

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“…Comparable effects of entrepreneurship education on students’ opportunity identification competence were reported by Karimi et al . ().…”

Section: The Role Of Education and Learning In The Entrepreneurial Prmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fostering Entrepreneurial Learning On‐the‐Job: evidence from innovative small and medium‐sized companies in Europe

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Lans²,

Biemans³

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Euro J of Education

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As economies become more innovation‐driven, the need for entrepreneurial behaviour amongst employees working for existing companies increases in order to enhance the organisations’ capacity to develop new ideas, products and services. Hence, entrepreneurial learning and the development of entrepreneurial competencies of employees on‐the‐job become more important. One of the most crucial competencies in this regard is the ability to identify potential business opportunities, referred to as opportunity identification competence (OIC). In this empirical study, antecedents of OIC were investigated in a small and medium‐sized business context. Based on the 3‐P (i.e. presage, process, product) model, specific learner, work environment, and process factors influencing OIC as an outcome variable were studied. More than 200 employees from 12 companies completed a questionnaire. Results of a backward regression analysis underline the importance of investing in programmes that focus on entrepreneurial learning at the shop floor level, trusting employees that they are capable of actively participating in the early stages of innovation and the crucial role of owner‐managers to support entrepreneurial employee activities.

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“…Comparable effects of entrepreneurship education on students’ opportunity identification competence were reported by Karimi et al . ().…”

Section: The Role Of Education and Learning In The Entrepreneurial Prmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fostering Entrepreneurial Learning On‐the‐Job: evidence from innovative small and medium‐sized companies in Europe

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Lans²,

Biemans³

et al. 2016

Euro J of Education

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“…Universities can address that issue in several ways, ranging from offering one synthetic, entrepreneurial course up to portfolio of several complementary entrepreneurship and economics courses. Karimi et al [17] confirmed that the appropriate education has a significant effect on the students' abilities to generate improved innovative business ideas compared to the control group. The need for graduates who are prepared for employment and skilled in teamwork has been widely advocated.…”

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Entrepreneurial education for students of non-economics educational programs

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Original scientific paper Entrepreneurial skills are necessary for all graduates who are planning their own start-up business. Those skills are asked more and more by employers, even from fresh graduates of technical backgrounds. This paper compares two extracurricular programs involving students of four different, all noneconomics programs from Croatia and the USA. Several challenges were identified during the research. Preparing and executing entrepreneurial educational programs for students with very uneven level of relevant foreknowledge was one of them. Integration of classroom and e-learning methods and achievement of an effective combination of being educational, interesting and attractive in the same time were additional challenges. Gender of the participants, previous education, entrepreneurial background of their families and immediate plans upon the graduation were determined as influencing variables on their satisfaction with the program. Keywords: business idea generation; business planning; education; entrepreneurship; students Poduzetnička izobrazba studenata ne-ekonomskih obrazovnih programaIzvorni znanstveni članak Poduzetničke vještine su nužne svim diplomantima koji planiraju pokrenuti vlastito poduzeće. Dodatno, te vještine sve više traže i poslodavci, čak i od diplomanata tehničke izobrazbe. Ovaj rad uspoređuje dva ekstrakurikularna programa u koje su bili uključeni student četiri različita ne-ekonomska obrazovna profila iz Hrvatske i SAD. Tijekom istraživanja je identificirano nekoliko izazova. Priprema i izvršavanje poduzetničkog obrazovnog programa za studente s vrlo različitom razinom relevantnih predznanja je jedan od njih. Integracija nastavnih metoda iz učionice s 'distance learning' metodama i postizanje učinkovite ravnoteže pristupa 'biti edukativan' i 'biti zanimljiv i atraktivan' predstavljaju dodatne izazove. Spol sudionika edukativnih programa, prethodna izobrazba, poduzetničko iskustvo njihovih obitelji i neposredni planovi nakon diplomiranja su identificirani kao utjecajne varijable na njihovo zadovoljstvo programom.

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“…For instance, DeTienne and Chandler (2004) showed that training could enhance the number and innovativeness of ideas identified by students. Comparable effects of EE on students' OIC were reported by Karimi, Biemans, Lans, Aazami, and Mulder (2014).…”

Section: Therefore In Order To Understand the Entrepreneurial Procesmentioning

confidence: 85%

“…For instance, DeTienne and Chandler (2004) showed in their empirical study that individuals can generate significantly more ideas and more innovative ideas when they receive training. As well, the results of the study conducted by Karimi, Biemans, Lans, Aazami, and Mulder (2014) suggest that OIC can be developed. In their quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test design with a control group, they offered creativity exercises and activities to the participants from the experimental group.…”

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confidence: 93%

Opportunity identification competence : explaining individual and exploring team opportunity identification by employees

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Fostering students’ competence in identifying business opportunities in entrepreneurship education

Cited by 74 publications

References 23 publications

Fostering Entrepreneurial Learning On‐the‐Job: evidence from innovative small and medium‐sized companies in Europe

Fostering Entrepreneurial Learning On‐the‐Job: evidence from innovative small and medium‐sized companies in Europe

Entrepreneurial education for students of non-economics educational programs

Opportunity identification competence : explaining individual and exploring team opportunity identification by employees

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