A Learning-by-Doing Approach to Entrepreneurship Education: Evidence from a Short Intensive Online International Program
Entrepreneurship is considered a key driver for economic growth. Therefore, more and more studies are investigating the role and effectiveness of entrepreneurship education. In this context, the present study is aimed at investigating the effectiveness of entrepreneurship programs, with a learning-b...
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| description | Entrepreneurship is considered a key driver for economic growth. Therefore, more and more studies are investigating the role and effectiveness of entrepreneurship education. In this context, the present study is aimed at investigating the effectiveness of entrepreneurship programs, with a learning-by-doing approach, on the entrepreneurial intention, entrepreneurial characteristics (entrepreneurial attitude, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, entrepreneurial mindset, core self-evaluation) and entrepreneurial skills (creativity, financial literacy, marshaling of resources, planning, teamwork). The study has analyzed a short intensive online entrepreneurship program, which adopts a learning-by-doing approach and targets students from different European technical universities, with different levels of education and different entrepreneurial backgrounds, giving them the opportunity to work on different types of projects. Pre- and post-course surveys were conducted in order to perform qualitative analyses on the effectiveness of the program. The results show that the entrepreneurial intention and perception of the entrepreneurial characteristics and skills of the students increased after participation in the program. In addition, our findings reveal that the program appears to be more effective for MSc students than for PhD ones and for students who had never attended any entrepreneurship program before, while there is no difference in the effectiveness of the program in terms of gender. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c4b00a9a43ad47bfb627a216d6c8185e2023-11-30T10:27:05ZengMDPI AGAdministrative Sciences2076-33872022-01-011211610.3390/admsci12010016A Learning-by-Doing Approach to Entrepreneurship Education: Evidence from a Short Intensive Online International ProgramAlessandra Colombelli0Andrea Panelli1Francesco Serraino2Department of Management and Production Engineering and Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre (EIC), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Turin, ItalyDepartment of Management and Production Engineering and Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre (EIC), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Turin, ItalyDepartment of Management and Production Engineering and Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre (EIC), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Turin, ItalyEntrepreneurship is considered a key driver for economic growth. Therefore, more and more studies are investigating the role and effectiveness of entrepreneurship education. In this context, the present study is aimed at investigating the effectiveness of entrepreneurship programs, with a learning-by-doing approach, on the entrepreneurial intention, entrepreneurial characteristics (entrepreneurial attitude, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, entrepreneurial mindset, core self-evaluation) and entrepreneurial skills (creativity, financial literacy, marshaling of resources, planning, teamwork). The study has analyzed a short intensive online entrepreneurship program, which adopts a learning-by-doing approach and targets students from different European technical universities, with different levels of education and different entrepreneurial backgrounds, giving them the opportunity to work on different types of projects. Pre- and post-course surveys were conducted in order to perform qualitative analyses on the effectiveness of the program. The results show that the entrepreneurial intention and perception of the entrepreneurial characteristics and skills of the students increased after participation in the program. In addition, our findings reveal that the program appears to be more effective for MSc students than for PhD ones and for students who had never attended any entrepreneurship program before, while there is no difference in the effectiveness of the program in terms of gender.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/12/1/16entrepreneurship educationstudent entrepreneurshiplearning-by-doingentrepreneurial learningentrepreneurial intentionentrepreneurial skills |
| spellingShingle | Alessandra Colombelli Andrea Panelli Francesco Serraino A Learning-by-Doing Approach to Entrepreneurship Education: Evidence from a Short Intensive Online International Program Administrative Sciences entrepreneurship education student entrepreneurship learning-by-doing entrepreneurial learning entrepreneurial intention entrepreneurial skills |
| title | A Learning-by-Doing Approach to Entrepreneurship Education: Evidence from a Short Intensive Online International Program |
| title_full | A Learning-by-Doing Approach to Entrepreneurship Education: Evidence from a Short Intensive Online International Program |
| title_fullStr | A Learning-by-Doing Approach to Entrepreneurship Education: Evidence from a Short Intensive Online International Program |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Learning-by-Doing Approach to Entrepreneurship Education: Evidence from a Short Intensive Online International Program |
| title_short | A Learning-by-Doing Approach to Entrepreneurship Education: Evidence from a Short Intensive Online International Program |
| title_sort | learning by doing approach to entrepreneurship education evidence from a short intensive online international program |
| topic | entrepreneurship education student entrepreneurship learning-by-doing entrepreneurial learning entrepreneurial intention entrepreneurial skills |
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