Consider these key findings: Entrepreneurs can be made. At a resounding 63 percent, global respondents reported that they believe entrepreneurship can be taught. Those under age 35 held the strongest beliefs (70 percent), while men and women were virtually of the same opinion, at 64 percent and 63 percent respectively. Education is everything. Respondents rated the most crucial aspect of entrepreneurship education as “basic business skills” (42 percent), followed by “leadership and management skills” and “entrepreneurship in practice,” at 37 percent each. “Schools and secondary education” were their classrooms of choice (36 percent), with “special start-up programs” and “universities, higher education” second and third, at 33 percent and 32 percent respectively. Yet just four in ten (43 percent) found their educational options satisfactory. Positivity prevails. On average, 75 percent of respondents have positive attitudes toward entrepreneurship – an increase of four percent – with those under 35 years the most optimistic, at 80 percent. Entrepreneurial potential remained high as well, with two out of five respondents (42 percent) saying they can imagine starting a business. Findings showed a correlation between these two factors: In countries where people were more positive about entrepreneurship, a higher percentage can also imagine starting a business. However, only nine percent of global respondents are currently self-employed, creating an entrepreneurial gap of 33 percent. Freedom and fulfillment ring. When ranking the reasons to choose entrepreneurship, 46 percent said “independence from an employer, being my own boss,” while 43 percent identified “self-fulfillment, possibility to realize own ideas.” As with the 2013 AGER report, these two factors clearly were preferred over income-related aspects – and respondents aged 14-34 years had even stronger beliefs, at 50 percent each. It’s also important to note that the lower a country’s economic output per capita, the less important independence becomes as a driver for entrepreneurship.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 00:31:32 +0000
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