study on students attitude towards entrepreneurship with reference to final year postgraduate students of Ernakulam district

Abstract

The term entrepreneurship is often used in the place of entrepreneur. But they are conceptually different. The entrepreneur is a business leader, a person who performs several functions. Those functions which are performed by an entrepreneur is entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is described as the ability to uncover, create, or invent opportunities and put them to good use for the benefit of society. This in turn brings prosperity to the entrepreneur, his organization and the nation in general. From the Macro Economic perspective, it can be seen that the economic development of any nation depends on the functions of high quality entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is the sign of business soundness and growth. It contributes to the growth of the economy and has a crucial role to play in the development process. It creates jobs which consequently generate more opportunities. The study on attitude of students towards entrepreneurship reveals that many of them feel that entrepreneurship as a career option. Only few of them are not interested but majority of them prefer entrepreneurship as a career option.