Comparing Start-up Propensities and Entrepreneurship Characteristics of Students in Switzerland and Germany

This paper emerges from the international empirical research project "Foundation and Entrepreneurship of Students" (GESt-study) that aims to analyse target group-differentiated start-up propensities and entrepreneurship characteristics of students in diverse countries to derive demand-oriented recommended actions for an appropriate conceptualization of entrepreneurship education and support. It compares start-up ambitions and entrepreneurial criteria of students in Switzerland and Germany within the pre-start-up process.