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Abstract
Entrepreneurial Intentions among the Business Students
of Higher Education Institutes of Punjab
Muhammad Jawad Hasan Qureshi
University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
Naveed Ahmed
University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
M. Sarfraz Khan
University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
Entrepreneurship is considered as the mean of wealth creation and personal fulfillment
(Ma and Tan, 2005). This study attempts to find the entrepreneurial intentions among the
business students of higher education institutes of Punjab. The data is collected from 300
students and the results indicate that males and people having families with business
exposure are more inclined to start their own business enterprise than females and
students not having family business exposure. In addition, environmental factors do not
significantly affect the entrepreneurial intentions among the business students of higher
education institutes of Punjab.
Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Education Institutes, Punjab.
1. Introduction
Entrepreneurship is said to be a perspective, the unique way to look at the world, a
particular mindset to leverage on the creativity to achieve some specific results (Ma &
Tan, 2005) that might be profits or some other motives. Entrepreneurs include wide range
of people as the business founders, owners, managers and university researchers (Gartner,
1989).
The role of entrepreneurs in the economic prosperity is widely discussed topic in the
literature and many countries like China and India are reaping the fruits on the
entrepreneurship. Minniti and Lévesque (2008) provide the support for the benefits that
entrepreneurial activities provide for an economy. They argue that these activities can be
used as a tool to economic growth besides the research and developmental expenses.
Moreover, entrepreneurship is also considered as the mean of wealth creation and
personal fulfillment (Ma and Tan, 2005). In developed countries entrepreneurial activities
contribute more than 80% of their industrial production (Otsuki, 2002) and 60% to 90%
of the business of the world is done by SMEs (Al-Mohafi, 2008). The entrepreneurial
activities are not only meaningful in economic context by creating employment
opportunities and business opportunities but also are important in social context by
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