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Entrepreneurship Education: Economic Analysis Of An Entrepreneurial Training Program Based On Pupil Enterprises In Portugal

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Promoting creativity and entrepreneurship has been identified as being essential for the development of countries; therefore, it is crucial to implement entrepreneurship educational training projects. Based on this assumption, the Entrepreneurship in the School Program was design and implemented with 281 students and 7 teachers. The results of its development show that participation in this program successfully developed the participants’ creativity, so it was considered appropriate to examine the activity of each pupil enterprise more closely. Through this analysis we found that all the pupil enterprises achieved the project’s objectives and some progressed even further. In fact, due to their dynamism and proactivity, some pupil enterprises carried out strategies that allowed them to maximize their profit margin. The total profit obtained by the pupil enterprises was about €3,400, of which €739.90 were achieved by a single company. On the other hand, the pupil enterprises spent about €10,000 on products from their 39 local suppliers.

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  • Imaginário, Susana & Cristo, Eurídice & Neves de Jesus, Saul & Morais, Fátima, 2016. "Entrepreneurship Education: Economic Analysis Of An Entrepreneurial Training Program Based On Pupil Enterprises In Portugal," Journal of Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being, Cinturs - Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being, University of Algarve, vol. 4(1), pages 102-114.
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    Entrepreneurship Education Program; Creativity Education; Pupil Enterprises;
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    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development

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