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Chapter 30
Virtual Center for
Entrepreneurship Development
Anca Draghici
“Politehnica” University of Timisoara, Romania
Monica Izvercianu
“Politehnica” University of Timisoara, Romania
George Draghici
“Politehnica” University of Timisoara, Romania
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This chapter shows a preliminary approach for building a virtual center for entrepreneurship develop-
ment that will be implemented in a university research network in Romania. The authors argue the most
relevant aspects that conduct us to an organizational information system design, implementation and
management with double role: education/training (entrepreneurial skills development for students) and
research (about the entrepreneurship phenomena at regional and national level but in relation of the
global economy). The following items are presented: (1) the training needs for business creation - based
on a preliminary market research developed with subjects with technical and economical background and
that allow the identification of the entrepreneurial knowledge; (2) the university entrepreneurial educa-
tion as a process of knowledge transfer; (3) preliminary design and architecture of the virtual center for
entrepreneurship. Finally, some relevant conclusions and the future researches directions are presented.
introduction
entrepreneurship, by fostering the right mindset,
by raising awareness of career opportunities as an
entrepreneur or a self-employed person, and by
providing the relevant business skills (European
Commission reports, 2008).
The conclusion of the European Commission
report in 2008, regarding entrepreneurship teach-
ing was that it is not yet sufficiently integrated in
higher education institutions' curricula. Available
data show that the majority of entrepreneurship
Europe needs to foster the entrepreneurial drive
more effectively, even in this crisis period. It needs
more new and thriving firms willing to embark on
creative or innovative ventures. Encouraging the
enterprise spirit is a key to achieving these objec-
tives. Education can contribute to encouraging
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61690-020-3.ch030
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