Please use this form to submit your study for inclusion into our database. It will be checked by a member of the Innovation Growth Lab team, who may be in contact to ask for more information. Your email address * Your name * Title * The name of the study Short summary A randomised controlled trial has been performed in which 580 randomly selected pupils (aged 14-15) have been randomly assigned to participate in online programmes that focus either on entrepreneurship or on environmental issues. . The short-term results show that the programme focusing on entrepreneurship had a significantly positive influence on the participants’ entrepreneurial intentions, venture creation self-efficacy, entrepreneurial attitudes and perceived knowledge about entrepreneurship A brief description of the project's goals and its current state Abstract <p>The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effects of an online-based entrepreneurship programme. A randomised controlled trial has been performed in which 580 randomly selected pupils (aged 14-15) have been randomly assigned to participate in online programmes that focus either on entrepreneurship or on environmental issues. The analysis builds on responses collected before, directly after, and one year after the intervention. The short-term results show that the programme focusing on entrepreneurship had a significantly positive influence on the participants’ entrepreneurial intentions, venture creation self-efficacy, entrepreneurial attitudes and perceived knowledge about entrepreneurship. One year after the intervention, the differences between the groups were smaller, but the pupils in the experiment group still had, relative to the control group, significantly higher perceived entrepreneurial knowledge, and significantly more positive attitudes towards entrepreneurship. The influence which the pupils’ prior experience with entrepreneurship had on the programmes’ effectiveness was limited. This implies that the programme has a significant influence on the participants which goes beyond just increasing their familiarity with the topic. The online programme did not, however, significantly influence the participants’ self-efficacy concerning enterprising competences. An analysis of how the participants perceived that the educational focus in their normal education had changed, with regard to teaching focusing on creativity and value creation, demonstrated that this type of education can be an efficient way to foster enterprising self-efficacy.</p> The full abstract of the study, if available Links https://www.abacademies.org/articles/onlinebased-entrepreneurship-education-its-role-and-effects-a-randomised-controlled-trial-about-the-effects-of-an-online-entrepren-10137.html Links to any published papers and related discussions Authors * Affiliations Academic and other institutes that the authors of the study are members of Delivery partner Organisations involved in delivering the trial, if appropriate Year Year Year199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Month MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Day Day12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 Journal Journal publishing the study, if available Publication stage * Working Paper Published Ongoing Research Forthcoming Discussion Paper Research theme * Entrepreneurship Innovation Business Growth Country Country or countries where this study took place. Topics What sort of topics does the study cover? Sample attributes Hypotheses / research question How does an online entrepreneurship programme influence entrepreneurial attitudes, self-efficacy, and intentions to pursue a career as self-employed? How do these attitude and intentions extent to enterprise-oriented domains such as creativity and managing uncertainty? Sample Trial population and sample selection Invitations to participate in the experiment were sent to the addresses of 3,000 randomly selected Danish children born in 2000, retrieved from the Danish Serum Institute. The invitation letter included information about the experiment, how to participate, and the different reward levels for participating in the study. Number of treatment groups Size of treatment groups Size of control group Unit of analysis Clustered? Yes No Cluster details Trial attributes Treatment description The treatment group was provided the online-based entrepreneurship programme, focused on dreams, network, passion and goals, while the control group was provided an online-based educational programme focusing on environmental issues. Both programmes were designed to be accessed in an asynchronous manner and took approximately 3-5 hours to complete. In order to assess the effect, a questionnaire that included measures of entrepreneurial self-efficacy, attitudes and intentions, was distributed before and after the educational intervention. Rounds of data collection Baseline data collection and method Differences in gender, ethnic background, educational background of the family, socioeconomic background of the family, geographic location and previous experience with entrepreneurial activities were not found to be statistically significant. However, more respondents in the control group perceived that their family income was below average, but the number of respondents who selected this response option was small and thus its influence on the results can be considered as limited. Data collection method and data collected Evaluation Outcome variables <p>Entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE), entrepreneurial attitudes, and intentions to pursue a career as self-employed.</p> Results <p>The online-based entrepreneurship programme had a significantly positive influence on the participants’ entrepreneurial attitudes, perceived entrepreneurial knowledge, start-up self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial intentions in the short term, and the effect on entrepreneurial attitudes and perceived entrepreneurial knowledge also remained in the long term. Prior experience with entrepreneurship did not significantly influence the results. </p> Intervention costs Not available. Cost benefit ratio Reference Moberg, S.K., 2021. Online-based entrepreneurship education- its role and effects: A randomised controlled trial about the effects of an online entrepreneurship programme based on role models. Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, 24(2). Citation for use in academic references
