Original scientific paper
DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL POTENTIAL THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN THE EU
Ivona Huđek
orcid.org/0000-0002-0947-091X
; Institut za poduzetništvo i menadžment malih poduzeća, Sveučilište u Mariboru, Ekonomsko-poslovni fakultet
Karin Širec
orcid.org/0000-0003-4191-5170
; Sveučilište u Mariboru, Ekonomsko-poslovni fakultet, Katedra za poduzetništvo i ekonomiku poslovanja
Abstract
In order for the European Union to increase its competitiveness and economic growth with regard to the globalization and competitiveness of other countries, one of the key factors underlying its progress is entrepreneurship. The European Commission states that entrepreneurship skills can be obtained. There is a need for entrepreneurs to create new jobs and this type of education in all EU countries should be supported. In this paper, a comparison between the EU countries in the approaches to entrepreneurial education at the primary and secondary level of education is made. Regression analysis examines links between perceptions of opportunities, perceptions of capabilities, perception of entrepreneurship as desirable career choice, entrepreneurial activities, entrepreneurial intentions and expert assessments for entrepreneurial education. Research was made on the basis of GEM data in 2016. The results point to positive and significant impacts, which is essential for EU members to recognize and invest more efforts in implementing entrepreneurship education in school curricula, and the European Commission to provide even greater support for it.
Keywords
entrepreneurship; education for entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial activity; GEM; European Union
Hrčak ID:
221025
URI
Publication date:
13.6.2019.
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