Vol. 7 No. 2 (2022)

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Examination of entrepreneurial willingness among the master students of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Debrecen

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2023-08-24

https://doi.org/10.30716/RSZ/22/2/3

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Gerda Szántó

University of Debrecen, Faculty of Economics and Business

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Szántó, G. (2023). Examination of entrepreneurial willingness among the master students of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Debrecen. Régiókutatás Szemle, 7(2), 31-40. https://doi.org/10.30716/RSZ/22/2/3

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Abstract

There is a lot of interest in entrepreneurship today, and there are also many initiatives to introduce young people to the mysteries of entrepreneurship. Starting and running a business requires different competences and a lot of courage. There are many barriers to start-ups, which in many cases discourage people from even starting up. In the present research, I set out to assess the entrepreneurial propensity and competences of Master's students of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Debrecen. My research question was focused on what future plans the students have, whether they would like to start a business, what barriers they think are related to entrepreneurship, and how they evaluate themselves in terms of their existing competences in starting and managing a business. To investigate my research questions, I created a questionnaire that, in addition to demographic questions, explores existing entrepreneurial experiences, plans, barriers, and core competencies. The questionnaire was administered in March 2022 through a face-to-face survey. 84 Master's students completed the questionnaire. The conclusions of the survey show that the sample is divided in terms of whether young people would like to be entrepreneurs and that a range of barriers are present in young people's lives, but that they rate highly the listed competences for entrepreneurship as self-reported.

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