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Demystifying the relationship between learning decisions and student intentions in entrepreneurship education programs

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  • Venugopal, Aparna

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•In entrerpeneurship education, student intentions are linked to their learning decisions.•Each student intention-learning decision combinations is linked to limits in decision possibilities and time to form intentions.•Long delivery formats with optional content that is both similar and dissimilar to students' backgrounds nurture impact.•Long delivery formats with optional content that is similar to students' bacgrounds nurture self-employment.

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  • Venugopal, Aparna, 2025. "Demystifying the relationship between learning decisions and student intentions in entrepreneurship education programs," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 186(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:186:y:2025:i:c:s0148296324004806
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114976
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