A1 Journal article (refereed)
Start-up entrepreneurs and university students in a co-learning mode (2016)


Saukkonen, J., Nukari, J., Ballard, S., & Levie, J. (2016). Start-up entrepreneurs and university students in a co-learning mode. Industry and Higher Education, 30(3), 224-238. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950422216653198


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Publication details

All authors or editorsSaukkonen, Juha; Nukari, Jussi; Ballard, Sharon; Levie, Jonathan

Journal or seriesIndustry and Higher Education

ISSN0950-4222

eISSN2043-6858

Publication year2016

Volume30

Issue number3

Pages range224-238

PublisherSAGE Publications

Publication countryUnited Kingdom

Publication languageEnglish

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0950422216653198

Publication open accessOther way freely accessible online

Publication channel open access

Publication is parallel publishedhttps://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/publications/start-up-entrepreneurs-and-university-students-in-a-co-learning-m

Web address where publication is availablehttp://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-8192-1


Abstract

Start-up companies have been recognized as key drivers of wealth and job creation. Many students now in universities willtherefore find their future employment in start-up companies, or will found them. Success in the start-up environmentrequires a specific set of skills. There is a growing supply of university education for new venture creation and an increasingdemand for interaction between universities and start-up ventures so that knowledge can be transferred between them.This article evaluates the potential of a programme designed to enable holistic collaborative entrepreneurial learningbetween start-up companies and students. The authors measure the impacts of the programme on participants’ self-assessment of their capabilities and of critical capabilities for start-up success, comparing assessments before the start ofthe programme, at its end and 1 year subsequently. The results show that an impact on such assessments can be achievedand that the two distinct groups can learn together, but questions remain with regard to the retention of learning.


Keywordscollaborative learningentrepreneurship educationstartup companies

Free keywordscapability assessment; entrepreneurship training; start-up; start-up capabilities


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