Designing an accompanying ecosystem to foster entrepreneurship among agronomic and forestry engineering students. Opinion and commitment of university lecturers

Autor: José Emilio Guerrero-Ginel, Pablo Lara-Vélez, Elvira Fernández-Ahumada, M. C. del Campillo, Encarnación V. Taguas, Rosa Gallardo-Cobos, Leovigilda Ortiz-Medina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: European Journal of Engineering Education. 41:393-410
ISSN: 1469-5898
0304-3797
DOI: 10.1080/03043797.2015.1079815
Popis: In the Higher School of Agronomic and Forestry Engineering of the University of Cordoba, a collective project conceived as an ‘ecosystem to support and accompany entrepreneurs’ has been proposed. The approach aims to spread and consolidate the entrepreneurial spirit and to respond to the demands of possible stakeholders involved in the whole process of training, as well as the subsequent integration of graduates into the labour market. Putting into practice this initiative, which involves multiple actors, is a complex and difficult task. For this reason, prior to its implementation, the authors considered it necessary to listen to main stakeholders' opinions and evaluate their degree of commitment and the requirements they consider important for the viability and sustainability of the initiative. This paper focuses on the faculty's opinions, gathered by means of a survey conducted with the entire faculty (N = 128, response rate = 45%) and semi-structured interviews held with 20 members of the School board...
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