DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG CHINESE, FINNISH AND US BUSINESS STUDENTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION.

This paper examined three antecedents of Chinese, Finnish and US business students' intentions to become entrepreneurs, namely, entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurship experience, and entrepreneurial self- efficacy. We found that entrepreneurship education predicted entrepreneurial intentions across countries, while experience predicted entrepreneurial intentions in Finland, only. Additionally, we found that self-efficacy mediated the relationship between education, experience and entrepreneurial intentions across countries. Even though our results indicated that the antecedents predicted entrepreneurial intentions across countries, results also indicated variations in the entrepreneurial intention relationships by country. Our results support the argument that cultural differences should be taken into consideration when developing entrepreneurship education programs and policies. Implications for education and research are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]