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International entrepreneurship education: Barriers versus support mechanisms to STEM students

Authors: João Ferreira, Arminda Paço, Mário Raposo, Celia Hadjichristodoulou, Despina Marouchou

Published in: Journal of International Entrepreneurship | Issue 1/2021

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Previous research on entrepreneurship education (EE), specifically directed to students from the science and technology fields, has been very sparse. This research aims to analyse how Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) develop EE programmes, as well as discussing how the barriers to EE are perceived by STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) students. The paper is based on an international training project, SCIENT, aiming to foster young scientists’ entrepreneurial spirit having its focus on the lean start-up approach. The data were collected by questionnaires directed to STEM students in some European countries. The results show that HEIs carry out several types of activities and in different ways to stimulate entrepreneurial spirit among STEM graduates and students. As barriers to business creation, the difficulty in obtaining financial support associated with high patent costs was highlighted. Government and private investors should develop financial support instruments to help these potential entrepreneurs.

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Title: International entrepreneurship education: Barriers versus support mechanisms to STEM students
Authors: João Ferreira
Arminda Paço
Mário Raposo
Celia Hadjichristodoulou
Despina Marouchou
Publication date: 14-05-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of International Entrepreneurship / Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 1570-7385
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7349
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10843-020-00274-4

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