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The development of entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial initiatives is a significant factor for the economic and social progress of countries and is having a increasing interest in academic settings. The study was conducted on a sample of 337 Spanish university students from three fields of study (Education, Engineering, and Social Sciences). This w...
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... advantage of this measure is the possibility of evaluating how much the reliability of the test would improve (or worsen) if a particular item were excluded. Table 5 shows the high reliability and internal consistency of each obtained dimension, through the measurement of Cronbach's alpha for the resulting dimensions and intra-dimension items. Discriminant Validity (Table 6). ...Context 2
... including those in Table 5, indicate the model's appropriate behavior in the tested student sample, both in terms of constituent dimensions and the competency constructs they integrate. It should be noted, as suggested by the original scale's authors, that these factors represent different competencies resulting from item development based on competency dimensions and attributes. ...Citations
... The importance of intrapreneurship on innovation capacity is vital for SMEs and their competitiveness (Carrier, 1994). This importance is highlighted and taught in many study programmes where entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial skills and behaviour have gained prominent curriculum relevancy (Cerro-Urcelay, et al. 2024;Sendra-Pons et al. 2022). How innovation and innovation capacity in the SME are measured in this pilot programme is part of the next section. ...
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often struggle with company innovation, compared to their larger counterparts. A university-business collaboration (UBC) programme in the north of the Netherlands attempts to increase the innovation capabilities of regional SMEs with the support of graduating bachelor students. The 18-months long Hanze Innovation Traineeship Programme (HITP) combines the graduation phase with a consecutive 12-months traineeship, during which students are meant to implement an innovation at the company. We measure the innovation capacity of the participating SMEs at the beginning of the programme and identify strong and weak points within the organisations. We discuss the outcomes of the HITP for SME innovation and further evaluate the programme’s suitability on the intended student learning outcomes.
Entrepreneurial competence is a key element in education for fostering innovative and sustainable learning, enabling teachers and students to address 21st-century challenges. Through a validated questionnaire, this quantitative observational study examines the perceptions of 623 education professionals regarding their abilities and attitudes to develop entrepreneurial competence across key dimensions, such as organizing, leadership, communication, evaluation, team coordination, initiative, independence, and motivation. The results show that women (compared to men), professionals with managerial roles (compared to classroom teachers), and older teachers with more experience (compared to younger teachers with less experience) perceive themselves as being more competent in the skills that make up entrepreneurial competence. However, this study also identifies a widespread lack of entrepreneurial training across all demographic and professional groups, highlighting a systemic gap in teacher training for entrepreneurial education. These findings highlight the urgent need to design and implement teacher training programs that address entrepreneurship as a key competence closely linked to sustainable education. This study also recommends promoting educational policies that foster interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation among teachers to create more inclusive, transformative, and sustainable learning environments.
