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Entrepreneurial potential of portuguese agriculture Higher Education students: a case from the Alto tràs-os-montes region, Portugal

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  • RIBEIRO MARIA ISABEL BARREIRO

    (Braganca Polytechnic Institute)

  • FERNANDES ANTÓNIO JOSÉ GONÇALVES

    (Braganca Polytechnic Institute)

  • DINIZ FRANCISCO JOSÉ LOPES DE SOUSA

    (University of Trasos-Montes e Alto Douro)

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Ascertaining students’ entrepreneurial intention and looking into their perception of the obstacles surrounding the entrepreneurial process are the objectives of this research. To achieve these objectives, a cross-sectional, quantitative, observational and analytical study was developed. To carry out this study, a random sample constituted by 269 students from Braganza School of Agriculture was collected. Descriptive statistics and statistical tests, namely, Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon test, Kolmogorov-Smirnov with Lilliefors correction test and Levene test were computed using SPSS 16.0. A likely bankruptcy was identified as a critical factor in starting up a business. Lack of financial support was pointed as the major difficulty concerning business development. However, according to the results, 35.2 % of the respondents would like to create their own business and contribute to the development of the regional economy, specifically, in the agriculture, food, biotechnological and environmental sectors.

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  • Ribeiro Maria Isabel Barreiro & Fernandes António José Gonçalves & Diniz Francisco José Lopes De Sousa, 2014. "Entrepreneurial potential of portuguese agriculture Higher Education students: a case from the Alto tràs-os-montes region, Portugal," Экономика региона, CyberLeninka;Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение науки «Институт экономики Уральского отделения Российской академии наук», issue 2, pages 212-219.
    • Handle: RePEc:scn:015306:15663350
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    1. Ioannis Sitaridis & Fotis Kitsios, 2019. "Entrepreneurship as a Career Option for Information Technology Students: Critical Barriers and the Role of Motivation," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 10(3), pages 1133-1167, September.

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