IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/jouent/v6y2020i2p329-346.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Developing Entrepreneurial Competencies in Vietnam: Evidence from the Bac Ninh Province

Author

Listed:
  • Maria Giovanna Devetag
  • Giovanni Zazzerini
  • Nguyen Quang Tuan
  • Doan Quang Hung

Abstract

The article presents the results of a survey conducted among colleges and enterprises located in Bac Ninh, Vietnam, with the aim of identifying skills and competencies required by local enterprises versus those that colleges develop and transfer to their students. The final aim is to spot gaps and discrepancies which may help explain the students’ current low level of employability and, consequently, define lines of intervention that may help reduce the gaps. The key finding emerging from the research is the relatively low importance given by colleges to entrepreneurial competencies compared with what enterprises want.

Suggested Citation

  • Maria Giovanna Devetag & Giovanni Zazzerini & Nguyen Quang Tuan & Doan Quang Hung, 2020. "Developing Entrepreneurial Competencies in Vietnam: Evidence from the Bac Ninh Province," Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, vol. 6(2), pages 329-346, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jouent:v:6:y:2020:i:2:p:329-346
    DOI: 10.1177/2393957520924987
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2393957520924987
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/2393957520924987?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Ardichvili, Alexander & Cardozo, Richard & Ray, Sourav, 2003. "A theory of entrepreneurial opportunity identification and development," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 18(1), pages 105-123, January.
    2. Marco Caliendo & Frank Fossen & Alexander Kritikos, 2014. "Personality characteristics and the decisions to become and stay self-employed," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 42(4), pages 787-814, April.
    3. A. Fayolle, 2007. "Handbook of Research in Entrepreneurship Education," Post-Print halshs-00275633, HAL.
    4. A. Fayolle, 2007. "Handbook of Research in Entrepreneurship Education," Post-Print halshs-00312071, HAL.
    5. A. Fayolle, 2007. "Handbook of Research in Entrepreneurship Education - Contextual Perspectives," Post-Print halshs-00275639, HAL.
    6. Man, Thomas W. Y. & Lau, Theresa & Chan, K. F., 2002. "The competitiveness of small and medium enterprises: A conceptualization with focus on entrepreneurial competencies," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 17(2), pages 123-142, March.
    7. Poh Wong & Yuen Ho & Erkko Autio, 2005. "Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth: Evidence from GEM data," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 24(3), pages 335-350, January.
    8. Bacigalupo Margherita & Kampylis Panagiotis & Punie Yves & Van Den Brande Godelieve, 2016. "EntreComp: The Entrepreneurship Competence Framework for Citizens," JRC Research Reports JRC101581, Joint Research Centre.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Petr Řehoř & Martin Pech & Michaela Slabová & Ladislav Rolínek, 2020. "Contemporary Opinions on the Importance of Entrepreneurial Competencies," European Journal of Business Science and Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Business and Economics, vol. 6(2), pages 127-137.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Jessica Paños-Castro & Leire Markuerkiaga & María José Bezanilla, 2021. "An Analysis of the Entrepreneurial University in the Faculties of Education in Spain: Self-Perception among Deans," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(21), pages 1-16, October.
    2. Hermann Frank & Hans Landström, 2016. "What makes entrepreneurship research interesting? Reflections on strategies to overcome the rigour–relevance gap," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(1-2), pages 51-75, January.
    3. Miniaoui, Hela & Schilirò, Daniele, 2016. "Innovation and Entrepreneurship for the growth and diversification of the GCC Economies," MPRA Paper 71898, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Andrea Caragliu & Chiara F. Del Bo & Karima Kourtit & Peter Nijkamp, 2016. "The winner takes it all: forward-looking cities and urban innovation," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 56(3), pages 617-645, May.
    5. Inna Kozlinska & Tõnis Mets & Kärt Rõigas, 2020. "Measuring Learning Outcomes of Entrepreneurship Education Using Structural Equation Modeling," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-17, August.
    6. Ali Sher & Saman Mazhar & Azhar Abbas & Muhammad Amjed Iqbal & Xiangmei Li, 2019. "Linking Entrepreneurial Skills and Opportunity Recognition with Improved Food Distribution in the Context of the CPEC: A Case of Pakistan," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-22, March.
    7. Orlando Contreras Pacheco & A. Aura Cecilia Pedraza & Calderón Alejandra Barbosa, 2016. "Teaching Management to future Industrial Engineers: A practical approach from the beginning to the end," Post-Print hal-01944344, HAL.
    8. Urbano, David & Aparicio, Sebastian & Guerrero, Maribel & Noguera, Maria & Torrent-Sellens, Joan, 2017. "Institutional determinants of student employer entrepreneurs at Catalan universities," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 123(C), pages 271-282.
    9. Wassim J. Aloulou, 2015. "Entrepreneurial Intention among Freshmen Students — Application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour in Saudi Context," Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 23(04), pages 473-500, December.
    10. , Aisdl, 2020. "Sustainability model of Vietnamese women entrepreneurship," OSF Preprints kjmdr, Center for Open Science.
    11. Marie Gomez Breysse, 2016. "L'entrepreneur « lifestyle »," Post-Print hal-01995343, HAL.
    12. Poornima Gayangani Wasana Jayawardana Author_Email: poorja08@apu.ac.jp, japgwj@gmail.com, 2011. "Capabilities Of Rural Credit In Entrepreneurship Development Among Women: A Sri Lankan Perspective," Annual Summit on Business and Entrepreneurial Studies (ASBES 2011) Proceeding 2011-031-189, Conference Master Resources.
    13. Giustina Secundo & Valentina Ndou & Pasquale Del Vecchio, 2016. "Challenges for Instilling Entrepreneurial Mindset in Scientists and Engineers: What Works in European Universities?," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 13(05), pages 1-23, October.
    14. Maddalena della Volpe & Alfonso Siano & Agostino Vollero & Francesca Esposito, 2016. "Exploring Curricular Internships in Italy: Towards Entrepreneurial Universities," International Business Research, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 9(9), pages 150-167, September.
    15. Vasiliki Vamvaka & Chrysostomos Stoforos & Theodosios Palaskas & Charalampos Botsaris, 2020. "Attitude toward entrepreneurship, perceived behavioral control, and entrepreneurial intention: dimensionality, structural relationships, and gender differences," Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 9(1), pages 1-26, December.
    16. Ivana Komarkova & Dimitri Gagliardi & Johannes Conrads & Antonio Collado, 2015. "Entrepreneurship Competence: An Overview of Existing Concepts, Policies and Initiatives – Final report," JRC Research Reports JRC96531, Joint Research Centre.
    17. Clara Cardone-Riportella & María José Casasola-Martinez & Isabel Feito-Ruiz, 2014. "Do Entrepreneurs Come From Venus Or Mars? Impact Of Postgraduate Studies: Gender And Family Business Background," Working Papers 14.04, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Department of Financial Economics and Accounting (former Department of Business Administration), revised Sep 2014.
    18. Marco Caliendo & Daniel Rodríguez, 2024. "Divergent thinking and post-launch entrepreneurial outcomes: non-linearities and the moderating role of experience," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 62(4), pages 1523-1553, April.
    19. Daniel Hjorth & Bengt Johannisson, 2008. "Building new roads for entrepreneurship research to travel by: on the work of William B. Gartner," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 31(4), pages 341-350, December.
    20. AFAWUBO, Komivi & NOGLO, Yawo Agbényégan, 2022. "ICT and entrepreneurship: A comparative analysis of developing, emerging and developed countries," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 175(C).

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:jouent:v:6:y:2020:i:2:p:329-346. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.ediindia.org/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.