Determinanty intencji przedsiębiorczych studentów
Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intention among University Students

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the research presented in this article is to learn about students’ entrepreneurial predispositions and willingness to run a business, the barriers to entrepreneurship and the factors that encourage undertaking business activity. The article is based on the results of own research carried out among university students aged 19–25. The research was carried out among 540 students in Wielkopolska region. Criteria taken into consideration focused on gender and place of residence of respondents. Survey questions concerned entrepreneurial predispositions, available knowledge on starting the business activities, barriers and factors discouraging business undertakings and the forms of supporting entrepreneurship expected by the students. The main, empirical part of the article is based on research carried out by the authors. While the first part reveals students’ characteristics, further parts explore entrepreneurial intentions of academic students, as well as factors and barriers that are relevant for the development of their entrepreneurial attitudes and their training needs in order to run their own business. Research results revealed that readiness to undertake economic activity could be stimulated by many factors. The results of the research also indicate deficiencies in students’ knowledge on how to run their own business.

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