Sustainable Entrepreneurial Culture Programs Promoting Social Responsibility: A European Regional Experience

M. Isabel Sánchez-Hernández and Juan José Maldonado-Briegas
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M. Isabel Sánchez-Hernández: Business Administration and Sociology Department, School of Economics, University of Extremadura, Ave. Elvas s/n, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Juan José Maldonado-Briegas: Financial Economics Department, School of Economics. University of Extremadura, Ave. Elvas s/n, 06006 Badajoz, Spain

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 13, 1-19

Abstract: Currently in the European Union, regional policies and their related programs are aware of the importance of fostering social responsibility, whilst, at same time, they have to promote entrepreneurship. Promoting the culture of sustainable entrepreneurship could be the answer. In this article, the Spanish case-study of the Autonomous Community of Extremadura is analyzed to show the existing regional policies fostering voluntary educational programs devoted to entrepreneurship since 2012. In this context, a specific entrepreneurship project related to sustainability was developed in 2017–2018 in secondary schools with the leitmotiv to consider the Sustainable Development Goals from the United Nations. Using the Structural Equation Modeling method with a sample of 630 students under the umbrella of the project called Teenemprende, the study concludes by highlighting that sustainable entrepreneurial culture programs in the public educational system already have some positive effect on the students´ attitude to social responsibility, thus empowering them to change the world for a better future.

Keywords: education; entrepreneurship; regional policy; social responsibility; sustainability; Spain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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