Innovativeness as a driving force for future entrepreneurs-comparison of US and European students

Here the interest was to see entrepreneurial intentions and innovativeness and proactiveness levels of US and European students, after they finished their intensive three weeks innovation and entrepreneurial camp. 180 participants answered the questionnaire during the last week of the camp. The focus of this study is to see the impact of innovation on entrepreneurial intentions. Also, the impact of the camp was studied to see a decrease or increase in participants’ psychological capital. Additionally cultural differences between US and European students were studied. The results indicated that innovativeness was related to entrepreneurial intentions and students gained higher level of psychological capital due to camp. Cultural differences indicated that US students were improving more their psychological capital at the camp, and they were more proactive than European. In case of entrepreneurial intentions there were no differences between Europe and US. Results are discussed in terms of pedagogical approaches and cultural differences.