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The long-term effects of active entrepreneurial training on business school students' and graduates' attitudes towards entrepreneurship

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  • Jean-Charles Cachon
  • Barry Cotton

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At Laurentian University (Ontario, Canada), all second-year Business students complete an entrepreneurial active learning experience by preparing a comprehensive business plan over six months. Students develop an original business idea, perform a market research, and prepare a detailed business plan. This activity involves active, collaborative, and small group learning, and 'learning by doing'. This research verified whether Personal Objectives, Attitude towards Risk, Internality and Perceptions on Tutoring variables were associated with a high Entrepreneurial Orientation and whether highly entrepreneurial students had attitudes similar to those of self-employed graduates. Results showed that personal attitudes of students towards the business plan project related to the strength of their entrepreneurial orientation. Laurentian graduates high rate of self-employment was over 20%.

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  • Jean-Charles Cachon & Barry Cotton, 2008. "The long-term effects of active entrepreneurial training on business school students' and graduates' attitudes towards entrepreneurship," International Journal of Business and Globalisation, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 2(1), pages 72-91.
  • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbglo:v:2:y:2008:i:1:p:72-91
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    1. Wan Fauziah bt Wan Yusoff & Suleiman Mohammed Lame, 2015. "Entrepreneurial competencies Perceived to be Important for Entrepreneurship Lecturers in Malaysia," Studies in Social Sciences and Humanities, Research Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 2(3), pages 163-172.
    2. Ammad Zafar & Khalid Iraqi & Sadaf Mustafa, 2017. "Analysis of Role of Educational Institutions in Development of Entrepreneurs (A Case Study of Karachi)," International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol. 7(1), pages 95-110, January.

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