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Entrepreneurial Intentions of Management Students: an Empirical Analysis.


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1 Amity University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
2 Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute of Professional Studies, New Delhi, India
3 Poornima School of Business Management, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
     

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In India, where the economy is still at developing stage, entrepreneurship can prove to be a catalyst for economic progress, job creation and social adjustment. The manifold increase in the number of management colleges has increased the number of management graduates creating a pool of professionally qualified youth leaving no dearth of talent and ideas. This study intends to explore the attitude, perception and inclination of this pool of professionally qualified youth i.e. the management students towards entrepreneurship and tries to find out the relationship between entrepreneurship and various factors associated with it.

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Entrepreneurial Orientation, Management Students, Entrepreneurial Intention, Budding Entrepreneurs.
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Authors

Himanshu Shekhawat
Amity University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Preeti Tak
Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute of Professional Studies, New Delhi, India
Savita Panwar
Poornima School of Business Management, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Abstract


In India, where the economy is still at developing stage, entrepreneurship can prove to be a catalyst for economic progress, job creation and social adjustment. The manifold increase in the number of management colleges has increased the number of management graduates creating a pool of professionally qualified youth leaving no dearth of talent and ideas. This study intends to explore the attitude, perception and inclination of this pool of professionally qualified youth i.e. the management students towards entrepreneurship and tries to find out the relationship between entrepreneurship and various factors associated with it.

Keywords


Entrepreneurial Orientation, Management Students, Entrepreneurial Intention, Budding Entrepreneurs.

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