Beyond entrepreneurship education: Business incubation and entrepreneurial capabilities

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2017

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Emerald

Abstract

As a way of dealing with Nigeria’s macroeconomic challenge of unemployment and its concomitant socio-economic problems, the federal government, in 2006, made entrepreneurship study a compulsory course for all higher education students irrespective of their area of specialization. However, studies have shown that the programme is yet to achieve its goals as many Nigerian graduates still remain unemployed long after graduation. Using Sen’s capability approach, this paper aims to investigate business incubation as an effective tool for enhancing entrepreneurial capabilities beyond entrepreneurship education.

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Nigeria, Entrepreneurship education, Entrepreneurship policy, Capability approach, Business incubation

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Ikebuaku, K., & Dinbabo, M. (2018). Beyond entrepreneurship education: Business incubation and entrepreneurial capabilities. Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, 10(1), 154–174. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEEE-03-2017-0022