Abstract

PARRA BERNAL, León Darío  and  ARGOTE CUSI, Milenka Linneth. An examination of student and graduate businesses: The case of EAN University. estud.gerenc. [online]. 2015, vol.31, n.134, pp.122-134. ISSN 0123-5923.

The main aim of this study is to characterize student and graduate enterprises of EAN University, an institution that has included the teaching of entrepreneurship in its curriculum. In this project, a total of 346 students and graduates who had an enterprise completed a questionnaire. They were asked about: use of technology, access to financing system, training level of its human resources, market access, level of association of their companies and business innovation. As a result, the highest percentage of companies surveyed were classified as micro enterprises with less of ten employees and concentrated mainly in the trade and service sectors. A low percentage exports, has limited access to finance system, employed technicians or graduates, a low percentage are engaged in networks, and 28% have a family protocol.

Keywords : Business census; Business university; Business demography.

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