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ibw- Mitteilungen, 3. Quartal 2005, Prof. Dr. Norbert Kailer
NORBERT KAILER
Evaluation of Entrepreneurship Education
at Universities
1. Entrepreneurship Education Boom
and Evaluation Deficit
Increasing the number of start ups and business successions
and improving the support for young entrepreneurs
is internationally of high importance for economies
and labour markets (European Commission
2004a,b, Schauer et al. 2005). Numerous studies show
a strong correlation between entrepreneurial competence,
especi ally implicit entrepreneurial knowledge
(Staudt et al. 1997), and the success of start ups (Ga-
ravan & OCinneide 1994, van der Sluis et al. 2004).
Massive public investments led to an expansion of the
support infrastructure and to a growth on the supply
side of training, coaching, information and financing for
nascent entrepreneurs and start ups. Entrepreneurship
Education (EE) is a growth industry itself.1 Innovative
and growth oriented start ups are particularly expected
from university graduates. Therefore, EE was also
widely intensified at universities. Surveys show a strong
increase in entrepreneurship chairs in the USA as well
as in the European Union (Twaalfhoven 2001). Due to
the high expenses for awareness campaigns and support
programmes for nascent founders and successors
among students and post-graduates, proofs of the effectiveness
and efficiency of these measures are rapidly
gaining importance (Hills & Morris 1998, Braun &
Diensberg 2003). One example for that is the criticism
concerning the impact of business plan competitions in
terms of resulting start ups. Ste ...
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