Promoting technology-based enterprise in higher education: the role of business plan competitions

S. Cooper; P. McGowan

doi:10.5367/000000008783876968

Promoting technology-based enterprise in higher education: the role of business plan competitions

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The research discussed in this paper explores the impact of a higher education initiative targeted at developing entrepreneurial capability and encouraging student technology venturing activity in Northern Ireland. The initiative in question is the £25,000 enterprise competition run by the Northern Ireland Centre for Entrepreneurship (NICENT). The authors report the outcomes of exploratory survey-based research to establish the competition's impact on participants and its contribution to the development of positive attitudes towards technology transfer and enterprise by aspiring, would-be new venturers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	29-36
Number of pages	8
Journal	Industry and Higher Education
Volume	22
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5367/000000008783876968
Publication status	Published - Feb 2008

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student entrepreneurship
student ventures
entrepreneurial capability
technology-based enterprise
Northern Ireland

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