Cosino, Mary May  <br/><br/>
The entrepreneurial potential of business students :  An analysis / 
Mary May Cosino, Elaiza Gobangco, and Leriz Ann Malaluan 
 - Vol 1 (1) pages 26-40 :  illustrations ; 
<br/><br/> I. ABSTRACT<br/><br/>Entrepreneurship plays a critical role in contemporary economies. This study focused on<br/>assessing the extent of entrepreneurial potential of graduating BSBA students. According to Bolton<br/>and Thompson (2003) a person’s character themes are the starting point. They stated that<br/>entrepreneurs have six main character themes and they conveniently form the acronym FACETS:<br/>Focus, Advantage, Creativity, Ego, Team and Social. This study sought to help the students<br/>identify their characters that are directly connected with the concept of entrepreneurship and serve<br/>as an eye opener for them to discover their entrepreneurial capabilities. This study identified the<br/>entrepreneurial potentials of graduating business students who have an inclination to start their<br/>own business right after graduation. With a total of 51 respondents from different schools in Cavite<br/>with the use of frequency counts and percentages, weighted mean and the P-value. The majority<br/>of the respondents were female with an income of 10,000-50,000 monthly. The result showed that<br/>there is no significant difference in the extent of the entrepreneurial potential when respondents<br/>were grouped according to the profile characteristics which are age, sex and family income.<br/>Among the six themes, Team and Social both got Very High Extent while all the other four themes<br/>(Focus, Advantage, Creativity and Ego) all got High Extent. This may imply that the respondents<br/>regard those characteristics which are directly related to the respondents’ interrelationship with<br/>other people (Team and Social) as highly necessary in succeeding in any entrepreneurial venture.<br/>As a general conclusion on the findings of this study, the respondents showed a high extent of<br/>entrepreneurial potential based on Team and Social factors. It should also be noted that when<br/>higher education institutions provide more seminars, activities and practices related to developing<br/>the students’ entrepreneurial skills, it will help them become inclined in putting up their own<br/>business in the future. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Entrepreneur<br/>Entrepreneurial Potential<br/>FACETS (Focus, Advantage, Creativity, Ego, Team and Social)