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Practice Enterprises – Key Enablers for the Development of Students’ Entrepreneurial Skills: An FSQCA Approach

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  • Daniela DAMIAN

    („Dunarea de Jos University of, Galati)

  • Alexandru CAPATINA

    („Dunarea de Jos University of, Galati)

  • Marilena RAPA

    (Economic College „Virgil Madgearu from Galati)

  • Gabriela CHIRU

    (Economic College „Virgil Madgearu from Galati)

Abstract

Although active learning in practice enterprises is a well-known and widely used instructional method for entrepreneurial skills development, it remains a challenging issue to analyse how students immersed in practice enterprise learning journey developed their hard and soft skills and become interested in applying to startup funding programmes. In this study, a project-based storytelling approach is proposed to address two research propositions. Based on semi-structured interviews, the storytelling approach has been applied to a sample of 20 students involved in three practice enterprises from Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati. All of them had previous experience in dealing with practice enterprises challenges, during their studies at the Economic College Virgil Madgearu of Galati. FsQCA methodology was employed to assess the causal conditions that led to students’ success in entrepreneurial initiatives, built on their experiences with Simpract project (Transition from school to active life through internships and practice enterprises). The results show that the project-based active learning within practice enterprises enhanced the students’ hard and soft entrepreneurial skills

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  • Daniela DAMIAN & Alexandru CAPATINA & Marilena RAPA & Gabriela CHIRU, 2018. "Practice Enterprises – Key Enablers for the Development of Students’ Entrepreneurial Skills: An FSQCA Approach," REVISTA DE MANAGEMENT COMPARAT INTERNATIONAL/REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE MANAGEMENT, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 19(5), pages 476-486, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:rom:rmcimn:v:19:y:2018:i:5:p:476-486
    DOI: 10.24818/RMCI.2018.5.476
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    Keywords

    active learning; entrepreneurship; practice enterprise; business skills.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics

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