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dc.title Does entrepreneurship education impact individuals' entrepreneurial propensity? A pre- and post-program setting en
dc.contributor.author Çera, Edmond
dc.contributor.author Çera, Gentjan
dc.relation.ispartof Proceedings of the European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, ECIE
dc.identifier.issn 2049-1050 Scopus Sources, Sherpa/RoMEO, JCR
dc.identifier.isbn 978-1-912764-34-1
dc.date.issued 2019
utb.relation.volume 1
dc.citation.spage 229
dc.citation.epage 237
dc.event.title 14th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, ECIE 2019
dc.event.location Kalamata
utb.event.state-en Greece
utb.event.state-cs Řecko
dc.event.sdate 2019-09-19
dc.event.edate 2019-09-20
dc.type conferenceObject
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited
dc.identifier.doi 10.34190/ECIE.19.160
dc.subject Albania en
dc.subject entrepreneurial propensity en
dc.subject entrepreneurship education en
dc.subject propensity score matching en
dc.subject transition country en
dc.description.abstract The existing body of literature on entrepreneurship claims that becoming an entrepreneur can be learned. However, the study regarding the impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial propensity in the context of transition countries has not received adequate attention from scholars. This paper aims to explore this relationship in little-studied case of Albania. The research is based on human capital theory, and its analysis is administered on an individual-level data collection through a face-to-face survey. A quasi-experimental research design is employed based on the comparison of individuals who attended an entrepreneurship programme (treated group) and those who did not (control groups). Individuals scored on entrepreneurial propensity before and after they were introduced to entrepreneurship education leading to the use of a pre- and post-program setting. Data were collected from across eight key Albanian regions (a total of 528 individuals with treated and control groups composed of 200 and 328 individuals respectively). Propensity score matching was applied to achieve the comparison of both treated and control groups, with the sample size being reduced to 392 individuals (196 individuals per each group). Paired-samples t-test was performed to explore the impact of entrepreneurship education programme on an individual's entrepreneurial propensity. The current research found that entrepreneurship education programme impacts an individual's intention to become an entrepreneur, a finding which is consistent with previous studies administered in advanced economies. Therefore, attending a study programme in entrepreneurship leads to far better chances for an individual to engage in start-up activities in the future. The current study is confined to just one transition country. Although Albania may share similar economic and institutional conditions as other transition economies, the generalization of findings can be rather limited in the context of other countries. This paper contributes by applying propensity score matching in a pre- and post-program setting which makes the comparison of control and treated groups possible. It also advances the theoretical and practical understanding of the relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial propensity in the context of a transition country. Firstly, this article follows a rigorous methodological approach which ensures that comparison of two groups. Secondly, it brings evidence from post-communist transition Albania. It is of particular interest to see whether the relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial propensity is conformed even for transition countries or not. © Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, ECIE 2019. All rights reserved. en
utb.faculty Faculty of Management and Economics
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10563/1009212
utb.identifier.obdid 43880880
utb.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85073350163
utb.source d-scopus
dc.date.accessioned 2019-11-20T10:30:29Z
dc.date.available 2019-11-20T10:30:29Z
utb.contributor.internalauthor Çera, Edmond
utb.contributor.internalauthor Çera, Gentjan
utb.fulltext.affiliation Edmond Çera, Gentjan Çera Tomas Bata University, Zlin, Czech Republic ecera@utb.cz cera@utb.cz
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utb.fulltext.sponsorship The authors are thankful to the Internal Grant Agency of Tomas Bata University, project no. IGA/FaME/2019/002, title ?The role of institutional environment in fostering entrepreneurship?, for financial support to carry out this research. We thank the anonymous reviewers for their careful reading of our manuscript and their many insightful comments and suggestions.
utb.scopus.affiliation Tomas Bata University, Zlin, Czech Republic
utb.fulltext.projects IGA/FaME/2019/002
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