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 editors: Saukkonen, Juha; Nukari, Jussi; Ballard, Sharon; Levie, Jonathan
Journal or series: Industry and Higher Education
ISSN: 0950-4222
eISSN: 2043-6858
Publication year: 2016
Volume: 30
Issue number: 3
Pages range: 224-238
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication country: United Kingdom
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0950422216653198
Publication open access: Other way freely accessible online
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Publication is parallel published: https://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/publications/start-up-entrepreneurs-and-university-students-in-a-co-learning-m
Web address where publication is available: http://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.
Keywords: collaborative learning; entrepreneurship education; startup companies
Free keywords: capability assessment; entrepreneurship training; start-up; start-up capabilities
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