The Role of Internship and Business Incubation Programs in Forming Entrepreneurial Intentions: an Empirical Analysis from Pakistan
The Role of Internship and Business Incubation Programs in Forming Entrepreneurial Intentions: an Empirical Analysis from Pakistan

Summary/Abstract: Purpose: Entrepreneurship is a vital tool for the economic development of any country. As a fieldof research, entrepreneurship has become a diversified area of study. A plethora of studies appearedthat investigate the antecedents of entrepreneurial intention, most of them focus on personalitytraits and other psychological factors. However, the studies focus less on practical entrepreneurialeducation such as internship and business incubation. Thus, the current study seeks to fill thisgap by empirically investigating the impact of business incubators and internship programs onstudent’s entrepreneurial intention in the Pakistani context.Methodology: The authors collected data through a structured questionnaire from students andran partial least square structural equation modeling technique by SmartPLS software.Findings: The results show that business incubators and internship programs have a strong andpositive statistically significant impact on entrepreneurial intentions.Implication: The current study can help policy-makers get a better insight on entrepreneurship soas to improve its innovation, proactivity, and risk-taking ability and how these factors can amendthe lack of entrepreneurial awareness among business students.

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