Entrepreneurship education : new perspectives on entrepreneurship education /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Jones, Paul, 1967 September 22- (Editor), Maas, G. (Gideon), 1959- (Editor), Pittaway, Luke (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Contemporary issues in entrepreneurship research ; . 7.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Entrepreneurship Education: New Perspectives on Entrepreneurship Education; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; Reference; New Perspectives on Entrepreneurship Education; Introduction; Conclusions; References; Part I: Studies of the Impact of Entrepreneurship Education upon Student Communities; Learning to Evolve: Increasing Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Putting the Market First; Introduction; Entrepreneurial Learning; The Evolutionary Heuristic of Learning; The Evolution of Opportunities through Discovery
  • The Evolution of Skills and Competences through the Exploitation of OpportunitiesMethod; Participants; Independent Variables; Development Time; Qualitative Changes to Business Idea; Dependant Variables; Self-Efficacy; Externally Evaluated Quality of Opportunity; Method of Analysis; Findings; Self-Evaluated Quality of Opportunity; Market-Driven Changes to Ideas; Externally Evaluated Quality of Opportunities; Start-Up Group versus Non-Start-Up Group; Discussion; Implications for Learning & Teaching, and Practice; Conclusion; References
  • Educational Context and Entrepreneurial Intentions of University Students: An Italian StudyIntroduction; Entrepreneurial Intentions: Their Importance and Their Antecedents; Risk Perception and Non-Pecuniary Career Motives; Cognitive Antecedents of Intentions: Attitude, Norms and Control; The Role of the Educational Context; Methodology; Sample; Dependent Variable; Entrepreneurial Intentions; Determinants of Intentions: Cognitive Antecedents of Intentions; Attitude towards Entrepreneurship; Subjective Norms; Perceived Behavioural Control (PBC)
  • Personal Background Factors: Risk Perceptions and Career MotivesRisk Perception; Non-Pecuniary Career Motives; Moderators: The Educational Context; Learning Experience; University Climate; Control Variables; Analysis; Results; Discussion and Conclusions; Theoretical Implications; Practical Implications for Entrepreneurship Education; Limitations and Further Research; Notes; References; Undergraduate Students' Willingness to Start Own Agribusiness Venture after Graduation: A Ghanaian Case; Introduction; Literature Review; Graduate Entrepreneurship and Education
  • Agribusiness and Graduate Entrepreneurship in GhanaDeterminants of Students' Willingness to Be Self-Employed in Agribusiness; Personal and Background Characteristics as Predictors of Self-Employment; Age; Gender/Sex; Place of Residency; Parental Role Models; Parental Educational Level; Attitudes Towards and Nature of Agribusiness; Methodology; The Logit Model Specification; Results and Discussion; Personal Characteristics of Respondent; Other Personal Characteristics of Undergraduates; Undergraduates' Willingness to Start Own Agribusiness after Graduation