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INFLUENCE OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION ON ENCOURAGING AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Damir Ribić
; Visoka škola za menadžment u turizmu i informatici u Virovitici, Virovitica, Hrvatska
Zrinka Blažević
; Visoka škola za menadžment u turizmu i informatici u Virovitici, Virovitica, Hrvatska
Abstract
The main aim of an educational institution that directs its study programs on educating future entrepreneurs is to train students for managing organizations and/or certain parts of organization. One of the hypotheses is a systematical acquisition and developing of entrepreneurial competences which makes recognition of each individual’s potential easier, which encourages a certain amount of students to actively contemplate about starting independent an entrepreneurial project. Development of human resources is needed for encouraging entrepreneurial spirit which would fit in into wanted socialeconomical motion of national economy. The problem at hand has imposed the research aim that is directed to the analysis of the influences of educational institution on contemplating about and wanting the students to start their own entrepreneurial project. Before the enrollment, a certain part of the students has surely thought about it, however, for a certain part of the student population educational institution was the key motivator which inspired them to think about becoming entrepreneurs one day. Therefore, the given research is aimed at strength and course of the impact of teaching staff on thinking and generating entrepreneurial ideas with students which can potentially grow into an entrepreneurial project and whether that wish grows with every college year finished. The second aim of the research is directed at the strength and direction of the educational institution influence intensity on encouraging thinking about continuing leading and further developing entrepreneurial projects with students whose parents are already involved in some entrepreneurial project. With intention of achieving the aim of the paper, the research will be done by conducting survey among student population of Virovitica College on pattern of 300 undergraduate and graduate level.
Keywords
education; entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial competences; entrepreneurial activity; influence of family environment
Hrčak ID:
170945
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Publication date:
19.12.2016.
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