A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE ABOUT STUDENTSโ
ENTREPRENEURSHIP. EVIDENCE FROM ROMANIA
Anca Dodescu
Ioana Pop Cohuลฃ
Afrodita Borma
DOI:ย https://doi.org/10.31410/limen.2018.393
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as a driver of local development. In this context, this paper focuses on youth entrepreneurship
issues, specifically students’ entrepreneurship and examines the push and pull factors of
entrepreneurial intention of students in Romania. Starting from the analysis of the literature
on the formal and entrepreneurship education as determinants of youth entrepreneurship, the
paper presents the Bihor County of Romania context regarding employment, entrepreneurship
and entrepreneurship education and the results of a quantitative research based on a
questionnaire applied to a group of 136 students from the University of Oradea, Romania.
The research findings outline a local perspective about the motivations and obstacles
that influence the entrepreneurial intentions of students and studentsโ perception regarding
university courses and services able to stimulate their entrepreneurial potential. The paper
ends with recommendations for improving the formal and informal entrepreneurial education
opportunities, services and facilities offered by the University of Oradea according with local
needs in order to encourage studentsโ entrepreneurship and to increase the number of
graduates who consider starting a business and self-employment in the field of graduate
studies as a viable option for insertion into the labour market.
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local development, Bihor County, Romania.
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