How University’s Activities Support the Development of Students’ Entrepreneurial Abilities: Case of Slovenia and Croatia

Vojko Potocan (), Zlatko Nedelko (), Matjaz Mulej () and Marina Dabic ()
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Vojko Potocan: University of Maribor
Zlatko Nedelko: University of Maribor
Matjaz Mulej: University of Maribor

Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, No 2, 22-40

Abstract: Abstract The paper reports how the offered university activities support the development of students’ entrepreneurship abilities. Data were collected from 306 students from Slovenian and 609 students from Croatian universities. The study reduces the gap between theoretical researches about the academic entrepreneurship education and individual empirical studies about the student’s estimation of the offered academic activities for development of their entrepreneurial abilities. The empirical research revealed differences in Slovenian and Croatian students’ perception about (a) needed academic activities and (b) significance of the offered university activities, for the development of their entrepreneurial abilities. Additionally, the results reveal that the impact of students’ gender and study level on their perception about the importance of the offered academic activities is not significant for most of the considered activities. The main practical implication is focused on further improvement of universities’ entrepreneurship education programs through selection and utilization of activities which can fill in the recognized gaps between the students’ needed and the offered academic activities for the development of students’ entrepreneurial abilities.

Keywords: Students; Academic activities; Students’ needs; Entrepreneurship; Abilities; University (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/s13132-016-0407-3

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