Abstract
In recent decades entrepreneurship has been a thematic subject of academic interest. Its importance by being a strong driver of economic growth, to stimulate job creation and innovative products is recognized for being a means of access to the labor market and to generate changes that can lead to better living conditions for individuals and for society. Associated with the importance of entrepreneurship, we are seeing an increasing number of initiatives in education to promote entrepreneurship. This article discusses the history and concept of entrepreneurship as well as the concept and the characteristics of the entrepreneur and also presents some reasons that may lead individuals to engage in their professional careers. This article also shows up the importance that education has on the development of entrepreneurial skills. The present study was conducted in Viseu pole of the Portuguese Catholic University and 348 students were surveyed. The results showed that gender did not influence the business creation and perception of the professional future of students. However, the level of education attended was related to the preferred employment for students.
| Translated title of the contribution | Entrepreneurship in higher education |
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| Original language | Portuguese |
| Pages (from-to) | 139-163 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Gestão e Desenvolvimento |
| Issue number | 22 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2014 |
Keywords
- Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneur