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Title

Empowering entrepreneurship through foresight and innovation : developing a theoretical framework for empowerment in enterprise programs

Author(s)

O'Connor, Allan;  Ramos, Jose M.

Abstract

This study explores how education and development in the skills and knowledge of foresight, innovation and enterprise (FI and E) relate to the empowerment of young individuals with respect to creating a new venture. In 2003, three groups of young persons aged between 13 and 18 years participated in a program designed for empowerment. An evaluation was conducted nine months later that provided useful insight into the impact of the education design, content and delivery. This research provides deeper insight into the way FI and E education can be used to create empowerment through the derivation of a framework that addresses entry, process and agency factors.

Publication type

Journal article

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Enterprise. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship

Source

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, Vol. 11, no. 3 (2006), p. 207-231

Publication year

2006

Keyword(s)

Entrepreneurship;  Innovation adoption;  Impact;  Self-efficacy;  Program design;  Education;  Empowerment;  Foresight;  Innovation;  Enterprise;  Youth program;  Youth Intervention Program

Publisher

World Scientific

ISSN

1084-9467

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S1084946706000404

Copyright

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