Students’ entrepreneurial behavior: international and gender differences

Tugrul Daim*, Marina Dabic, Elvan Bayraktaroglu

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Abstract

Due to a high level of uncertainty, entrepreneurship is generally considered a risky endeavor. This paper explores the factors impacting entrepreneurial behavior in order to identify new educational opportunities for its development. The paper explores perceived feasibility and desirability for students in 10 countries. The entrepreneurship role is gender tested against desirability and feasibility. The requirements for developing this skill set are also studied. A survey instrument was developed, and data was collected from 4281 students. The results indicate that gender impacts entrepreneurship intention and the way it impacts is influenced by which country the students are from.

Original languageEnglish
Article number19
JournalJournal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Volume5
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2015

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Daim et al.

Funding

The results of this paper are supported by the EU Commission grant Tempus 144713 Fostering Entrepreneurship in Higher Education, FoSentHE.

FundersFunder number
Fostering Entrepreneurship in Higher Education
European Commission144713

    Keywords

    • Behavior
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Gender differences
    • Higher education
    • International differences

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