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A New Higher Education Policy In Russia : Enhancing Meaning-Centered Education via its Realization

  • Ivashchenko, Natalia P.;Malovichko, Tatyana V.
    • Asia-Pacific Journal of Business
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.43-53
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    • 2014
  • Social and economic changes in the world, along with changes in the culture of government and structural changes in the relationship between the state, the market and higher education institutions, have resulted in new approaches pursued by states towards higher education (Konstantinov & Philonovich, 2007; Peterka, 2011). Higher education institutions, in its turn, enjoy more freedom in choosing to focus on various tasks and goals to their academic activities. This contributes to the diversity of expectations when it comes to the various roles modern academic institutions take on with regard to their development. Among many existing concepts in the current academic environment, the concept of "entrepreneurial university" is becoming a critically important concept in Russia. In this article, we consider the concept of the Entrepreneurial University as developed in Clark and Etzkowitz's theories, and the ways the concept is being adjusted in the higher education system in Russia. We analyze comparatively both contemporary and prior historical [1990s-mid2000s] state policies pertaining to higher-education institutions in Russia in order to provide an insight into how the national market of knowledge intensive production is being established in the country. As a consequence of these analyses, we present a new model of how universities can take a more systemic and meaningful approach to creating research-based innovation entrepreneurial activities. This approach is also viewed as making universities' innovation activities more sustainable and thus less dependent on the state support.

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The Influence of Entrepreneurial Experience on Entrepreneurial Intention: Mediation Effect of Social Cognitive Attributes (창업경험과 창업의도의 관계에 대한 연구: 사회인지적 요인의 매개효과 및 성별의 조절효과)

  • Park, Junghyun
    • Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.51-76
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    • 2022
  • Identifying the factors that influence the formation of the entrepreneurial intention is important in cultivating entrepreneurs and inducing entrepreneurial innovation in the country. Previous studies have mainly examined the direct effects of social cognition attributes as predictors on entrepreneurial intentions or entrepreneurial activities. However, the fundamental factors that these social cognition attributes are derived from have not been sufficiently addressed in the field of entrepreneurship. Based on social cognitive theory and schema theory, this study assumes that an individual's entrepreneurial experience is an important antecedent factor in forming social cognitive attributes, and reveals the mechanism for how experience forms entrepreneurial intention. To this end, this study analyzes the influence of entrepreneurs' prior experience of entrepreneurial activities on entrepreneurial self-efficacy, opportunity recognition, and fear of failure which are considered to be the main variables that shape entrepreneurial intention. And it analyzes how these factors have a significant effect on entrepreneurship intention. Along with this, the mediating role of these social cognitive attributes is analyzed in order to understand the path that leads from entrepreneurial experience to entrepreneurial intention. This study also suggests how gender moderates the effect of entrepreneurship experience on social cognitive attributes. As a result of the analysis, it was found that entrepreneurial experience increase entrepreneurial self-efficacy and opportunity recognition of entrepreneurs, and decrease the fear of failure. These social perception attribute significantly mediate the relationship between entrepreneurial experience and entrepreneurial intention. This study also found that there are significant moderating effects of gender on the relationship of entrepreneurial experience and both of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and fear of failure. This study also analyzed the impact of the entrepreneurial experience of failure, which corresponds to the detailed experience. Similar to the results of entrepreneurial experience analysis, entrepreneurial experience of failure plays a role in enhancing entrepreneurial self-efficacy. However, its effect on opportunity recognition and fear of failure were not significant. An empirical analysis of data related to 25,047 entrepreneurs from 87 countries, using the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), shows the differences in the formation of individuals' entrepreneurial intentions according to entrepreneurial experience and the mediating role of social cognitive attributes. The study has embodied the social cognitive theory on entrepreneurial intention by shedding light on the variables that are important but alienated for increasing entrepreneurial intention. Moreover, the study enhances the understanding of cognitive processes leading from individual experiences to entrepreneurial intentions. This study also emphasizes the importance of differentiated approach by gender for boosting entrepreneurial intention through analysis of moderating effect of gender.

The Effects of Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurial Competence and Attitude on Undergraduate Entrepreneurial Intention (창업교육, 기업가적 역량 및 태도가 대학생 창업의지에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Yong Tae
    • Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.13-20
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    • 2017
  • In recent years, various types of entrepreneurship education have been taking place in universities due to governmental policy support. The number of entrepreneurship education in universities has increased in quantity, and the interest in realistic entrepreneurship education and improvement measures has been increasing. Based on previous research on the effects of entrepreneurship education, this study examined the effects of entrepreneurial competence and entrepreneurial activity on entrepreneurial activities such as entrepreneurship lectures, entrepreneurship lectures, camps, entrepreneurial club activities, Attitudes and willingness to start university. As a result, First, various types of entrepreneurship education in universities have positive effects on entrepreneurial competence and entrepreneurial attitude. Second, it is analyzed that entrepreneurship education has a positive positive effect on the willingness of university students to start. In addition, it was analyzed that the entrepreneurial capacity and entrepreneurial attitude of individual college students through entrepreneurship education positively influenced the entrepreneurial will. This study emphasizes that the increasing number of entrepreneurship education in the university has a positive effect on the development of potential entrepreneurs and the will of entrepreneurship. Thus, it provides practical implications for expanding various entrepreneurship education.

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Study on the Effects of Entrepreneurial Expectancy on Entrepreneurial Outcome and Expect Growth intentions -Comparative Study between Korea and China Entrepreneur- (창업에 대한 기대가 창업 창출 및 성장의도에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구 -한 중 기업가의 특성 비교 중심으로-)

  • Chung, Dae-Yong;Zhan, Xi;Han, Kwhan-Seop
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.2079-2086
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, the relation model for three important entrepreneurial entities are studied based on the expectation theory for entrepreneurs. The three entrepreneurial entities include entrepreneurial expectancy, entrepreneurial outcome and expect growth intentions. In this study, the entrepreneurial expectancy is defined as the expectation about establishment, while entrepreneurial outcome and expect growth are related to entrepreneur's dominant idea for enterprises' operation and management. Based on the investigation data via questionnaire for 489 subjects, the relation model hypothesis for the three entrepreneurial entities is tested using structural equation model analysis. According to the analysis result, arguments can be made that entrepreneurial expectancy can have a significant positive effect on realization of successful entrepreneurial activities, and entrepreneurial outcome may have a significant positive effect on realization of expect growth intentions. Therefore, a kind of mutual promotion model can be observed among the three entrepreneurial entities. In addition, the proposed relation model is applied to both Korean and Chinese entrepreneur, and their differences are compared and discussed.

The Study on the Women Entrepreneurs' Psychological, Environmental, Personal Factors Affecting on Entrepreneurial Motivation and Performance (여성창업가의 심리적, 환경적, 개인적 특성이 창업동기와 창업성과에 미치는 영향)

  • Oh, Hye Mi;Lee, Chang Young;Kim, Jin Soo
    • Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.45-60
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    • 2014
  • In recent year's we have seen that due to education and social position there has been a significant increase in the number of women engaging in entrepreneurial activities. Concurrently research into the activities of women currently engaged in entrepreneurial activities has increased. This research has focused on the individuals themselves, their motivations and the performance of their ventures but there is not enough systematic research on the subject. Therefore it is necessary expand the criteria of the current research to examine every aspect of how these emergent entrepreneurs operate and to provide others with the same goals the appropriate skills and knowledge needed to succeed. This study wants to identify and evaluate the psychological, environmental and personal characteristics that these women possess and to assess the impact these factors have on the level of their success. This study will focus on those women who were empirical in their methods as this lends itself better to a detailed systematic analysis. It will examine the concept of entrepreneurial self-efficacy with regard to how they searched, planned, marshaled and implemented steps to influence the environmental and personal factors that affected them. In addition the searching phase of entrepreneurial self-efficacy directly influences entrepreneurial motivation and thus performance. The results of this study will suggest that as Korean women's interest in entrepreneurship grows it will have wide reaching theoretical implications and affect the direction of the policy that supports it.

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Inequality and Entrepreneurial Activity (불평등과 기업가적 활동의 관계 연구)

  • Hwang, Byung ho;Kim, Do hyeon
    • Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2018
  • This study attempts to identify the relationship between inequality and entrepreneurship activities and to provide theoretical and policy implications. To do this, we use the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), which is a survey of entrepreneurial activities at the national level, the World Income Inequality Database (WIID), and the World Bank survey data. The analysis shows entrepreneurial activities are relatively high in countries with high level of inequality. We also find GDP moderates the relationship between inequality and entrepreneurial activity. In addition, as expected, necessity entrepreneurship prevails in low income group while opportunity entrepreneurship is dominant in high income group. The study illustrates potential venue for research of entrepreneurship and inequality, whiles calls for broader studies and scrutiny.

A Study on the Roles of Entrepreneurial Universities in Science Park Development: A Case Study on Zhongguancun in Beijing (사이언스파크에서 기업가적 대학의 역할에 대한 연구: 북경 중관촌 지역 사례)

  • Cho, Sung Eui
    • Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.160-177
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    • 2014
  • The cases of entrepreneurial universities who conduct enterprisers like activities are increasing continuously in these days. Entrepreneurial activities by universities include university enterprises establishment and management, direct and indirect investment, incubating startup businesses, and diverse university-industry cooperation. In this study, the roles and contributions of universities in the development of science parks are explored with a case of Zhongguancun in Beijing. In particular, the roles of four universities such as Peking, Tsinghua, Renmin, and Chinese Academy of Science were intensively focused and investigated. Interpretive case research methodology was adopted for this study and in-depth interview and secondary data analysis methods were used for the investigation. The result of this study suggests that universities can do essential roles in the development of science parks and can contribute to the development and growth of science parks through proactive and direct economic activities as well as traditional and defensive university-industry cooperation.

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The Impact of Start-up Support Programs on College Students' Foundation Motivation and Entrepreneurial Intentions (대학생 창업프로그램 지원이 창업동기와 창업의지에 미치는 영향)

  • Pang, Hyong-Wook
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.599-605
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    • 2021
  • In this study, we empirically investigated how start-up support programs provided at colleges affect students' satisfaction with their major and their Entrepreneurial Intentions. The participants included 248 students from five colleges two-four-year colleges located in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do Province, Chungcheong-do Province, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, and Jeola-do Province. SPSSWIN 24.0 for descriptive statistics analysis, exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, multiple regression analysis, and moderated regression analysis. showed that, among various forms of support for business start-up, support for education on start-up and support for start-up activities had a positive impact on the students' opportunity motivation and achievement motivation at a statistically significant level. opportunity motivation, achievement motivation, and independence motivation all positive influence on the students' resolution to start a business support for education on start-up and support for start-up activities had positive impact on the studens' entrepreneurial Intentions. These findings suggest that college programs that support students' business start-up need to be developed and applied with a focus on support for education on start-up and support for start-up activities to enhance college students' satisfaction with their major and stimulate their Entrepreneurial Intentions.

The Social Environment in the Development of Entrepreneurial Idea Generation and Development

  • MAITLO, Ayaz Ali;MEMON, Salman Bashir;SHAIKH, Iram Rani
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.7 no.10
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    • pp.1093-1106
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    • 2020
  • The role of the social environment for any activity is crucial as it prompts new ideas and plays a role of lever for entrepreneurial longevity and creating value through social wellbeing. The lack of entrepreneurship related knowledge in Pakistan has taken the challenge of lesser entrepreneurial activity as compared to other counterpart Asian countries and ranked 138 out of 189 countries on the level of ease of doing business. The study aims to investigate the social environment as a mediator among idea generation, business creation, financing decision and entrepreneurial activity by utilizing quantitative approach. In order to achieve the objective, a total of thirty eight items scale was self-administered for data collection. A non-probability, snowball sampling technique was employed and assembled a total of 300 complete responses through online and paper based surveys as per information provided by the chamber of commerce of three regions namely; Sukkur, Hyderabad and Karachi Sindh, Pakistan. The data analysis result strongly supported the main research question as the entrepreneurial activity increased up to 43.8% after applying social environment as a mediator. This research can help to enhance entrepreneurial activities in Pakistan by creating awareness to support entrepreneurs at social level for entrepreneurship.

The Effects of the Entrepreneurial Activities on Performance Mediated by the Growth Intentions (창업활동이 성장의도를 매개로 기업성과에 미치는 영향)

  • Zhan, Xi;Chung, Dae-Yong
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.13 no.11
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    • pp.5130-5139
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    • 2012
  • The research purposes is apply to the expectation theory for the China's entrepreneurs want to know the relations model among the entrepreneurial activities, performance and growth intentions. According to the study, all of hypothesis have been suggested. In other words, entrepreneurial activities, growth intentions and performance effects and growth intentions show the mediated effect in the research.