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Meta-Analysis: Impact of Entrepreneurship Education

  • 1.  Meta-Analysis: Impact of Entrepreneurship Education

    Posted 09-23-2008 11:44
    Hello:

    My colleagues and I plan to conduct a meta-analysis on the topic of
    the impact of entrepreneurship education on future employment and/or
    success as an entrepreneur. Specifically, we plan to examine whether
    exposure to formal education in entrepreneurship (e.g. community
    college courses, undergraduate courses at colleges/universities,
    graduate courses colleges/universities, etc.) leads to either: 1) an
    increased likelihood of starting a business, or joining a start-up
    company, upon completion of the course work; or 2) entrepreneurial
    success (e.g. firms with high survival rates, increased revenue,
    etc.). We would be comparing these groups to those who have not
    received formal entrepreneurship education.

    If you have conducted research in either of these areas, we would very
    much appreciate it if:

    1. You could make us aware of any little known research that is not
    available in the published literature;
    2. You could send us any unpublished papers you have on one or both of
    these topics (journal articles, masters and/or doctoral theses,
    technical reports, and research institute/center reports, among
    others);
    3. You could send us any citations of papers you have published on these topics;
    4. You would be willing to share any raw data that you do not plan on
    publishing but you think would be helpful in including in a
    meta-analysis of this type.

    If you have any of the above that you would like to have included in
    our meta-analysis, please send them to: jmcnall1@gmail.com.

    Thanks in advance,
    Jeff

    P.S. My apologies for cross-postings.

    --
    Jeffrey J. McNally
    Ph.D. Student, Management (OB/HRM)
    School of Business & Economics
    Wilfrid Laurier University
    Waterloo, ON, N2L 3C5
    Email: jmcnall1@gmail.com
    Phone: (519) 884-0710 (ext. 2352)