Educational support to promote relevant and innovative entrepreneurship: lessons from internationally awarded Latin American companies
Abstract
Educational supports prepare students to work or undertake. This research was carried out due to the need to reinforce university education to promote opportunity ventures during the teaching-learning process in a Mexican university where students have entrepreneurial intentions but contemplate traditional companies. The objective of the research was to identify educational supports with possibilities of integration into the university for the promotion of relevant and innovative ventures, based on the lessons drawn from the analysis of Latin American companies included among the 100 Innovative Technology Companies recognized by the Economic Forum. World Cup (WEF) in 2022.The research method was qualitative, cross-sectional, exploratory and descriptive. The conceptual framework was based on the Theory of Planned Behavior. A survey was applied to find out the entrepreneurial intention of the students of the university under study and the Latin American companies mentioned before were analyzed to obtain lessons. Results: It was found that 85% of the students want to undertake, but 82% feel insecure about being able to carry out innovative activities, so they only consider ventures out of necessity. In the analysis of Latin American companies, it was found that they were founded with the joint work of people with both work and business experience. Its objectives are related to global problems, they use technology, innovation and are profitable. Based on these lessons, some educational supports are identified, consisting of the development of co-curricular activities to promote ventures by opportunity. Conclusions: The proposed educational supports can encourage students to consider more relevant and innovative ventures.
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