Project-Based Learning in Mini-Companies. Student Perceptions of "Young Enterprise Switzerland"

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02/2015
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Journal of Business Administration and Education
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7
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127-157
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This paper analyzes how involved students retrospectively evaluate the participation in mini-companies in Swiss higher secondary schools. These mini-companies are entrepreneurial projects situated in the field of business education, which require real investments and active marketing measures on a small scale. The cross-sectional study is based on a survey concerning the Company Program of "Young Enterprise Switzerland" (YES). The theoretical framework has been derived from a discussion of different pedagogical concepts of project learning. The analysis is guided by a structural equation modelling approach. Overall, the data show a high level of expected benefits. These expectations correspond with a positive assessment of cooperative efforts during the project and with positive views concerning the social function of entrepreneurship for the public weal.
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German
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QUESEL, Carsten, Guido MOSER und Susanne BURREN, 2015. Project-Based Learning in Mini-Companies. Student Perceptions of „Young Enterprise Switzerland“. Journal of Business Administration and Education. Februar 2015. Bd. 7, Nr. 2, S. 127–157. DOI 10.26041/fhnw-211. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-211