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Entrepreneurship, methodologies in higher education an experience in a portuguese business school

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Carvalho, Luísa
Costa, Teresa
Dominguinhos, Pedro
Pereira, Raquel

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Today entrepreneurship education is an important issue to improve the process of creating new firm assuming new risks and rewards. The theoretical discussion about around the question: “Entrepreneurs are born or made?” assume that is possible educate to be entrepreneurs. Schools have an important role in this process. Believing in this possibility our Business School developed a set of pedagogical methodologies supported in apprenticeship based on “learning by doing”. This pedagogical methodology was created through a study of best practices. This study aims to propose a set of innovative methodologies and students perceptions about their apprenticeship experience/process. The study concludes with a set of recommendations and a best practices manual useful to appliance in higher education.

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 12123.

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Keywords: Innovative methodologies; entrepreneurship education; learning by doing;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
A2 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics
M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups

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  1. Vesper, Karl H. & Gartner, William B., 1997. "Measuring progress in entrepreneurship education," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 12(5), pages 403-421, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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