MBA students' preparedness for entrepreneurial efforts

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Title: MBA students' preparedness for entrepreneurial efforts
Author(s): Thandi, Harchand Singh; Sharma, Raj
Abstract: This is a survey of MBA students'preparedness for launching new businessinitiatives or other entrepreneurialactivities. It explores the readiness of theMBA students, estimated on dimensionscomprising knowledge, attitude, skills,experience, opportunity and networks. Thevariation of the postgraduate students'perceptions along these six dimensions andcertain demographic factors, including gender,stage of the MBA programme, students' permanentresidence, their funding source, enrolmentstatus, employment status, marital status andyears of work experience, was considered. Multiple regressions then established therelationship between entrepreneurialpreparedness and the six dimensions. Finally,some broad implications for the MBA curriculumare considered.
Publication type: Journal article
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Enterprise
Source: Tertiary education and management, Vol. 10, no. 3 (Sept. 2004), pp. 209-226
Publication year: 2004
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Format: pp. 209-226
ISSN: 1358-3883
Publisher URL: Tertiary education and management
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:TEAM.0000044780.13836.56
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