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Recognizing opportunities across campus: the effects of cognitive training and entrepreneurial passion on the business opportunity prototype
Título Revista
Journal of Small Business Management
Ano (publicação definitiva)
2017
Língua
Inglês
País
Estados Unidos da América
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Abstract/Resumo
We analyze the effects of the program Cognitive Entrepreneurial Training in Opportunity Recognition on the accurate assessment of prototypical viability of business opportunities. The training integrates the principles of experiential learning and is designed to reach students across campus. We also investigate the moderating role of entrepreneurial passion on opportunity recognition learning. We use a quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test in two European universities. The results demonstrate that the training has positive significant effects on the accurate identification of business opportunities' prototypical viability. Intense positive feelings about entrepreneurship moderate the learning process. We provide insights into entrepreneurship education practice across campus.
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Classificação Fields of Science and Technology
- Economia e Gestão - Ciências Sociais
Registos de financiamentos
Referência de financiamento | Entidade Financiadora |
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SFRH/BD/76079/2011 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
UID/GES/00315/2013 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |