Youth Entrepreneurship Among Higher Education Students – A Qualitative Research of Entrepreneurial Intention and Education

Mendonça Pedro (), Braga Vítor (), Ferreira Marisa R. (), Braga Alexandra () and Carvalho Amélia ()
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Mendonça Pedro: Master Student at ESTG, Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
Braga Vítor: Center for Innovation and Research in Business Sciences and Information Systems (CIICESI), ESTG, Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
Ferreira Marisa R.: Center for Innovation and Research in Business Sciences and Information Systems (CIICESI), ESTG, Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
Braga Alexandra: Center for Innovation and Research in Business Sciences and Information Systems (CIICESI), ESTG, Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
Carvalho Amélia: Center for Innovation and Research in Business Sciences and Information Systems (CIICESI), ESTG, Politécnico do Porto, Portugal

Naše gospodarstvo/Our economy, 2022, vol. 68, issue 4, 43-52

Abstract: The area of entrepreneurship education is developing rapidly, potentially conveying positive effects to business education, innovation and economies. Our paper seeks to analyse the entrepreneurial intention of a group of higher education students, and the data includes 29 interviews, administered to students of Portuguese higher education institutions. The results obtained allowed to confirm some of the aspects described in the literature, although a few divergences were also found. It was also possible to clarify some of the theories associated with barriers to entrepreneurship. The main limitations are related with the sample size, opening space for future research with larger samples. The most important implications relate to the identified need for very specific topics in entrepreneurship education. However, the key contribution of the paper also lies in its qualitative research approach.

Keywords: Higher Education Students Entrepreneurial Intention Entrepreneurial Education; Barriers to Entrepreneurial Intention Qualitative Research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M20 M21 M29 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.2478/ngoe-2022-0022

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