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Graduates of venture creation programs - where do they apply their entrepreneurial competencies?

Alsos, Gry LU ; Hägg, Gustav LU ; Lundqvist, Mats ; Politis, Diamanto LU orcid ; Stockhaus, Martin ; Williams-Middleton, Karen and Djupdal, Kari (2023) In Small Business Economics 60(1). p.133-155
Abstract
The assessment of entrepreneurship education outcomes should move beyond a focus on firm creation and associated economic impact to consider a more nuanced view that pays attention to graduates and their entrepreneurial competencies. There is currently limited understanding to what extent entrepreneurial competencies developed through entrepreneurship education are applied in graduates’ subsequent careers across various occupational roles, either as employees or as self-employed. Our analysis is based on a survey administered to 556 graduates from three Nordic master-level entrepreneurship education programs (1997–2018), all identified as venture creation programs. We find that, to a large extent, entrepreneurial competencies developed... (More)
The assessment of entrepreneurship education outcomes should move beyond a focus on firm creation and associated economic impact to consider a more nuanced view that pays attention to graduates and their entrepreneurial competencies. There is currently limited understanding to what extent entrepreneurial competencies developed through entrepreneurship education are applied in graduates’ subsequent careers across various occupational roles, either as employees or as self-employed. Our analysis is based on a survey administered to 556 graduates from three Nordic master-level entrepreneurship education programs (1997–2018), all identified as venture creation programs. We find that, to a large extent, entrepreneurial competencies developed through venture creation programs are applied in subsequent
careers across multiple occupational roles encompassing self-employment, hybrid entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship. Entrepreneurship education is relevant not only to new firm creation but also to entrepreneurial positions in established organizations when it comes to graduates’ application of entrepreneurial competencies in subsequent careers. (Less)
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Entrepreneurial careers, Entrepreneurial graduates, Experiential entrepreneurship education, Venture creation program
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Small Business Economics
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60
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1
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23 pages
publisher
Springer
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  • scopus:85131868316
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0921-898X
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10.1007/s11187-022-00641-6
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What happens next? A study on entrepreneurship alumni
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English
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  title        = {{Graduates of venture creation programs - where do they apply their entrepreneurial competencies?}},
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  doi          = {{10.1007/s11187-022-00641-6}},
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