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Agricultural entrepreneurship orientation: is academic training a missing link?
- Source :
- Education + Training. 59:856-870
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Emerald, 2017.
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Abstract
- Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the importance of academic courses on agricultural entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach Modified global entrepreneurship and development index (GEDI) was used to determine entrepreneurial dimensions among 19 graduated students of agricultural colleges resided in Iran. Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process was applied to understand agricultural graduates’ preferences on effectiveness of university courses (core, free elective and restricted elective). Findings Results suggested the importance of professional restricted elective courses to provide students with necessary skills. These courses were successful in providing a context for entrepreneurial profile. Research limitations/implications Innate talent or acquired skills were always the place of debate on entrepreneurial development. The paper builds on the premise that entrepreneurs are made through education and continuing reconstruction of experience, further research is required as the field develops in experience and complexity. Practical implications The paper provides strategies to effectively modify practical route in higher education to enhance entrepreneurial orientation among students. Originality/value The paper is innovative at a conceptual level in modifying GEDI elements in individual-level variables based on GEDI configuration theory. This approach is particularly useful in addressing the bottleneck problems of entrepreneurship profile and focusses on the information interpreted at weights of the individual-level data.
- Subjects :
- Value (ethics)
Entrepreneurship
Knowledge management
Higher education
business.industry
Entrepreneurial orientation
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Teaching method
05 social sciences
050301 education
Context (language use)
Education
Originality
0502 economics and business
Premise
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
Sociology
Marketing
Life-span and Life-course Studies
business
0503 education
050203 business & management
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Details
- ISSN :
- 00400912
- Volume :
- 59
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Education + Training
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........2058f1ac2d594f9b47fded527120eee8