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Brown University and the investment bank Barclays are two of the many institutions offering training programs in entrepreneurship. But what results do such programs produce? In a study of business school graduates in Norway, researchers Lars Kolvereid and Øystein Moen addressed this question and convincingly demonstrated that participants showed strong intentions to become entrepreneurs as a result of receiving entrepreneurial training.
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While studies of entrepreneurial training typically report positive results, a close look at these studies reveals widespread methodological shortcomings. For instance, a 1997 study by Lars Kolvereid and Øystein Moen found benefits of entrepreneurial education for graduates of Norwegian business schools, but the study only collected data on subjects after the training, not before, making it unclear whether the training actually had an effect.
Brown University and the investment bank Barclays are two of the many institutions offering training programs in entrepreneurship. But what results do such programs produce? In a study of business school graduates in Norway, researchers Lars Kolvereid and Øystein Moen addressed this question and convincingly demonstrated that participants showed strong intentions to become entrepreneurs as a result of receiving entrepreneurial training.
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While studies of entrepreneurial training typically report positive results, a close look at these studies reveals widespread methodological shortcomings. For instance, a 1997 study by Lars Kolvereid and Øystein Moen found benefits of entrepreneurial education for graduates of Norwegian business schools, but the study only collected data on subjects after the training, not before, making it unclear whether the training actually had an effect.