CROSS-COUNTRY DATA: ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT IN HEIS

CROSS-COUNTRY DATA: ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT IN HEIS

Bulgaria, Poland, Germany (East)

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General information

• In Bulgaria 51 public and private HEIs were invited in May 2014 to particpate in an online survey. To date 20 HEIs completed the survey (39,2%).

• In Poland, all 150 public and private HEIs were invited in April 2013 to participate in an online survey. 23 responses were received (15.3%).

• In Eastern Germany, 57 public HEIs in Eastern Germany were invited in April 2012 to participate in the online survey. Responses were collected from 41 HEIs (71.9%).

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Objectives for HEIs

Legend: 1=Unimportant, 2=of little importance, 3=moderately important, 4=important, 5=very important

Promoting self-employment and entrepreneurship as viable career

Developing entrepreneurial competences and skills

Commercialising research resultsSupporting business start-ups

Generating revenues from spin-off activities

1

3

5BGL

POL

N=20 HEIs

N=23 HEIs

N=41 HEIs

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Teaching methods

Visits to companies

Experience reports by start-ups

Entrepreneurs as guest speakers in classes

Use of social media to develop market research skills or generate business ideas

71%

65%

71%

53%

72%

6%

72%

83%

54%

82%

85%

46%

EGER POL BGL

Visits to companies



Use of social media (e.g., blogs, Facebook, Linked-in, Xing, Twitter) to develop market research skills or generate business ideas

72%

6%

72%

83%

50%

17%

17%

POL_planned POL_not used

Visits to companies



Use of social media (e.g., blogs, Facebook, Linked-in, Xing, Twitter) to develop market research skills or generate business ideas

54%

82%

85%

46%

21%

8%

8%

15%

EGER_planned EGER_not used

In the BGL sample 17 HEI (85%) reported to offer entrepreneurship education activities. In Poland 18 HEIs (78%) and in Eastern Germany 39 HEIs (95%).

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Current practices and trends*

• Bulgarian HEIs reported to mostly use entrepreneurs as guest speakers and visit to companies in their entrepreneurship education.

• Also Polish HEIs widely practice visits to companies, whereas Eastern German HEIs build on experience reports by start-ups.

• Future efforts in Polish HEIs go mostly into promoting the use of social media, whereas the German HEIs would like to increase the involvement of entrepreneurs in class.

*The question on which teaching methods are planned, was not asked in the Bulgarian survey.

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Teaching methods

Business idea generation activities

Problem-based learning

Learning formats to develop business models

Learning formats to develop prototypes

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%100%

76%

88%

53%

41%

72%

83%

39%

39%

72%

77%

74%

36%

EGER POL BGL





0% 20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

72%

83%

39%

39%

11%

28%

28%

28%

POL POL_planned





0% 20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

72%

77%

74%

36%

13%

5%

23%

EGER EGER_planned

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Current practices and trends

• Problem-based learning was reported in all three country samples as widely practiced, with future efforts directed to its expansion in both Poland and Eastern Germany.

• Bulgarian HEIs also report wide practice of business generation activities. Their use is increasing.

• Prototype development is the least used teaching model of the four models reported on the previous slide

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Teaching methods

Business plan writing

Case studies

Self-learning exercises using multimedia

Business games and simulations

0% 20% 40% 60% 80%100%

88%

65%

71%

82%

83%

67%

56%

56%

95%

67%

44%

79%

EGER POL BGL


Case studies



0% 20% 40% 60% 80%100%

83%

67%

56%

56%

6%

17%

17%

POL POL_planned


Case studies



0% 20% 40% 60% 80%100%

95%

67%

44%

79%

13%

23%

3%

EGER EGER_planned

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• Business games and simulations were mostly used in the Bulgarian sample HEIs and the Polish HEIs reported to expand their use.

• Business plan writing was the predominant teaching method in Germany; Polish HEIs reported to increase the use of business plan writing as a teaching method

• The use of case studies in entrepreneurship classes was reported approximately equal in all three country samples.

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Start-up support

BG

L

EG

ER

PO

L

BG

L

EG

ER

PO

L

BG

L

EG

ER

PO

L

Assistance with business plan or start-up compe-

titions

Assistance with preparing business

plans

Mentoring by experienced en-

trepreneurs

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Not offered PlannedOffered

In the BGL sample 10 HEI (50%) reported to offer start-up support. In Poland 10 HEIs (44%) and in Eastern Germany 35 HEIs (85%).

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• All Bulgarian HEIs reported to provide assistance with preparing business plans. Also assistance with business plan competitions was offered.

• Eastern German HEIs paid equal attention to providing assistance with preparing business plans and follow-up support in competitions.

• Polish HEIs were the most active in organising mentoring by experienced entrepreneurs whereas this was only offered by half of the Bulgarian HEIs which offered start-up support.

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Start-up support B

GL

EG

ER

PO

L

BG

L

EG

ER

PO

L

BG

L

EG

ER

PO

L

BG

L

EG

ER

PO

L

Assistance with patents and in-

tellectual property

Provide access to research

results

Access to in-frastructure (incubators, co-working space, labo-

ratories)

Support for prototype

development

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Not offered

Planned

Offered

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• All of the Bulgarian HEIs, who reported to offer start-up support, provided access to research results; this was the case for two-third of the Eastern German sub-sample, whereas in Poland this was offered by less than half of the group.

• Access to infrastructure (incubators, co-working spaces and laboratories was reported as widely practiced or planned to be introduced.

• Support for prototype development was, however, provided less often in all three country samples.

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Start-up supportB

GL

EG

ER

PO

L

BG

L

EG

ER

PO

L

BG

L

EG

ER

PO

L

Assistance with applications for public funding

Provision of fi-nancial resources

Facilitate contacts with investors

(banks, venture capital and busi-

ness angels)

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%


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• The Eastern German HEI group leads in facilitating contacts with investors; this is least often practiced in the Polish group.

• Almost all Bulgarian and German HEIs provide or plan to provide assistance with applications for public funding, this practice is less frequent in the Polish group.

• Provision of financial resources directly through the HEI is gaining importance as a start-up support service, both in Bulgaria and in Eastern Germany according to the respondent HEIs.

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Start-up supportB

GL

EG

ER

PO

L

BG

L

EG

ER

PO

L

BG

L

EG

ER

PO

L

Assistance with finding co-founders

Provision of post start-up support

Referral to exter-nal business sup-port organisations

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%


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• The Eastern German HEIs are most active in providing assistance with finding co-funders. Respondent HEIs in Bulgaria and Poland are planning to introduce efforts to this end.

• Also provision of post start-up support is gaining importance.

• Referral to external business support organisations is widely practiced in Eastern Germany and also Bulgarian HEIs become more outward looking. Only half of the Polish respondent HEIs were connected to external business support services.

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HEI-Partners in Entrepreneurship Support

BG

L

EG

ER

PO

L

BG

L

EG

ER

PO

L

BG

L

EG

ER

PO

L

Regional/local gov-ernment and bodies

Venture capitalists, business angels

Banks

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

EEStart-up

In the Bulgarian sample 17 HEIs reported to offer entrepreneurship education activities and 10 HEIs to offer start-up support. In the Polish sample 18 HEIs and 10 HEIs and in the Eastern German sample 39 HEIs and 35 HEIs .

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BG

L

EG

ER

PO

L

BG

L

EG

ER

PO

L

BG

L

EG

ER

PO

L

Entrepreneurs Managers and senior staff of

large enterprises

Alumni of your University

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

EEStart-up

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BG

L

EG

ER

PO

L

BG

L

EG

ER

PO

L

BG

L

EG

ER

PO

L

Other universities Technology park(s), incubator(s)

Chamber(s) of trade/commerce/in-

dustry

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

EEStart-up

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Further information

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CROSS-COUNTRY DATA: ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT IN HEIS