Stimulating Entrepreneurial Behaviour Through Start-Up Competitions: Current Features of Provision in UK Higher Education Institutions

Kayleigh Watson ()
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Kayleigh Watson: Northumbria University

Chapter 6 in Entrepreneurial Behaviour, 2019, pp 121-143 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Start-up competitions are often provided by higher education institutions as a means of stimulating and supporting nascent entrepreneurial behaviour amongst their students, graduates and staff. This chapter offers a timely exploration of the features of this provision in a UK context. After a fine-grained examination of the factors which have driven start-up competition provision and the purpose of this provision, this chapter provides observations with regard to start-up competition entrance requirements, rounds, business support, judging and prizes and awards, these constituting the dominant features of current provision in UK higher education institutions. The chapter concludes with a discussion of some emergent issues and questions that warrant further attention in the pursuit of understanding the effectiveness of start-up competitions in stimulating and supporting entrepreneurial behaviour.

Keywords: Business plan competitions; Start-ups; Start-up competitions; Graduates; Entrepreneurial behaviour; Business support; Business plan; Higher education institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-04402-2_6

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