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Culture of Entrepreneurship in Public Universities of the Colombian Caribbean Region


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1 EMPRENDEDORES, Universidad de La Guajira, Maicao, Colombia
2 IPAITUG, Universidad de La Guajira, Riohacha, Colombia
 

Objectives: The main purpose of this article was to analyze the culture of entrepreneurship in public universities of the Colombian Caribbean region. Materials and Methods: A descriptive-analytical, transversal, non experimental and field-type of methodology was applied. The target population comprised the coordinators of the different agencies that deal with entrepreneurship in public universities in the departments belonging to the Colombian Caribbean region, to which a questionnaire was applied in order to measure the variable. Findings: It was concluded that an institutional educational project with vision and projection that anticipates changes, allows image positioning in terms of management and results with clearly significant and differentiating elements in order to promote a culture of entrepreneurship is required. Application/Improvements: Public policies of entrepreneurship were evaluated followed by a description of the missionary processes of the Caribbean Coast universities within the business culture, as well as the dimensions of the institutional management linked to entrepreneurship culture.
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Cielo Margarita Rodriguez Lopez
EMPRENDEDORES, Universidad de La Guajira, Maicao, Colombia
Danny Daniel Lopez Juvinao
IPAITUG, Universidad de La Guajira, Riohacha, Colombia
Fabio Orlando Moya Camacho
IPAITUG, Universidad de La Guajira, Riohacha, Colombia

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Objectives: The main purpose of this article was to analyze the culture of entrepreneurship in public universities of the Colombian Caribbean region. Materials and Methods: A descriptive-analytical, transversal, non experimental and field-type of methodology was applied. The target population comprised the coordinators of the different agencies that deal with entrepreneurship in public universities in the departments belonging to the Colombian Caribbean region, to which a questionnaire was applied in order to measure the variable. Findings: It was concluded that an institutional educational project with vision and projection that anticipates changes, allows image positioning in terms of management and results with clearly significant and differentiating elements in order to promote a culture of entrepreneurship is required. Application/Improvements: Public policies of entrepreneurship were evaluated followed by a description of the missionary processes of the Caribbean Coast universities within the business culture, as well as the dimensions of the institutional management linked to entrepreneurship culture.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst%2F2018%2Fv11i36%2F131752