A recent Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report
on entrepreneurship training asks a central question for anyone
interested in starting a business: “Does entrepreneurship education make
a difference?”
You might think that this question has been resolved. After all, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation reports that more than 2,000 U.S. colleges and universities teach entrepreneurship. How could all those professors teach something that might not matter?
As surprising as it may sound, we don’t know the effect that entrepreneurship training has on start-up company success. Relatively little research has looked directly at the benefits provided by entrepreneurship education; and the results to date are far from conclusive.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Does Entrepreneurship Education Make People Better Entrepreneurs?
Author: Scott Shane
