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Undergraduate Students as a Source of Potential Entrepreneurs: A Comparative Study between Italy and Argentina
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@MISC{Postigo_undergraduatestudents,
author = {Sergio Postigo and Donato Iacobucci and María Fernanda Tamborini},
title = {Undergraduate Students as a Source of Potential Entrepreneurs: A Comparative Study between Italy and Argentina},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
There is a growing consensus that in the “information society ” education is one of the key factors for the emergence of new firms and their development prospects. In this context, new ventures set up by graduates are expected to play a critical role especially for the emergence of knowledge and technology-based firms. The main aim of the paper is to analyze the influence of different contexts-developed and developing countries- on: a) the image that students have about entrepreneurs; b) the influence of social background on the motivation to become an entrepreneur; c) the perception about what positive or negative factors affect the creation of new ventures. The countries analyzed are Argentina (San Andrés University) and Italy (Università Politecnica delle Marche). Overall there are more similarities than differences between Argentinian and Italian students in their perception of entrepreneurship and in their attitude to setting up their own firm. However the social background of the students plays a major role. Although this can be considered a preliminary study, it offers interesting indications for the design of entrepreneurship programs for university students. 1
Keyphrases
comparative study potential entrepreneur undergraduate student social background new venture key factor san andr university university student main aim technology-based firm information society education universit politecnica delle marche development prospect critical role preliminary study major role negative factor italian student new firm entrepreneurship program interesting indication
