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Education for Entrepreneurship - E4E : International Journal of Education for Entrepreneurship, Vol. 5 No. 2, 2015.

Preliminary communication

NEW TIMES, NEW CHALLENGES AND NEW METHODS

Åsa Hagberg-Andersson ; Novia University of Applied Sciences Vasa, Finland

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Abstract

We live in changing and challenging times. Many countries in Europe are making plans on how to improve their competitive advantage in order to match the current global challenges in the best ways. In many countries the focus is on how to meet the global challenges with the support from the educational sector. In Finland education has been an important part of building the Finnish economy. When the tough times continue in the economy it is still good news to see how the educational sector and business life still continue to support each other through continuous exchange. One of the educational aims in the country is to continue to learn new things through your whole life – this is one of the key stones upon which the society is built. This is also one way to continue to improve your competitive advantage in the country. According to the last statistics from July 2015 the Vaasa region and the region where the capital of Finland is situated belongs to the most successful ones when it comes to competitive advantage. This is where Novia University of Applied Sciences is situated with one of several campuses. Among the success factors are educational level, innovation, company dynamics, and productivity. Cross sectional knowledge exchange is prioritized in society and therefore research and projects in this area receive high attention and also funding. In comparison with many countries Finland is also a very open and transparent society. This supports the knowledge exchange between business and educational sector. The paper is based on the results from one of the cross border projects where new teaching methods in entrepreneurial education in four countries were documented and took place in Croatia, Slovenia, Portugal and Finland. The results showed that the project and the methods were successful in using new methods within business education in these countries.

Keywords

competitive advantage; education; teaching methods

Hrčak ID:

149528

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/149528

Publication date:

15.12.2015.

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