

October 2016 European Forum for Entrepreneurship Research
Alumni Survey Report
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Background of respondents 600
Outreach of Survey Campaign and number of Submissions
534 alumni reached
500 400 300
215 alumni opened survey
200
100 survey submissions
100 0
Program years respondents represent
# of People
2001 - Cambridge 2005 - Boston 2006 - Boston 2007 - Boston 2008 - Boston 2009 - Maastricht 2010 - Barcelona 2011 - Warsaw 2012 - Cambridge 2013 - Istanbul 2014 - Brussels 2015 - Munich 2016 - Boston
5 9 7 12 14 12 12 7 9 8 12 14 26 0
Geographical representation of respondents
5
10
15
20
25
30
Country
#
Country
#
Country
#
The Netherlands
11
Belgium
2
Canada
1
Germany
8
CroaKa
2
Canada/UK
1
Poland
7
Czech Republic
2
Denmark/India
1
Hungary
6
Denmark
2
Estonia
1
Russia
6
France
2
Lithuania
1
Bulgaria
5
Singapore
2
Malta
1
Latvia
4
Slovenia
2
Moldova
1
U.K.
4
Sweden
2
PalesKne
1
Ireland
3
Switzerland
2
Puerto Rico/USA
1
Italy
3
USA
2
Turkey
1
Macedonia
3
Albania
1
Uzbekistan
1
Romania
3
Australia
1
Spain
3
Austria
1
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Profile of respondents
Management Professor Researcher Lecturer Assistant Professor Entrepreneur
12%
2% 4% 39%
14%
29%
Undergraduate
What type of students are our respondents teaching?
80
Masters
75
MBAs
58
PhDs
44 0
20
40
60
What type of research are they interested in?
Entrepreneurship Technology & InnovaKon Mngt. Strategic Mngt. & InternaKonalisaKon Other HR Mngt. and OrganisaKonal Behaviour Green and Social Mngt. OperaKons Mngt. and DigitalizaKon Non Business OrganisaKons Gender & Diversity in OrganisaKons
80
100
91 46 44 33 24 18 10 6 5 0
20
40
60
80
100
Other:
✦ Financial Management; ✦ Physics, Astronomy, Artificial Intelligence; ✦ Knowledge / Network Management; ✦ Entrepreneurial Finance; ✦ PE/VC and Angel Investing; ✦ Enterprise Education (entrepreneurs & students in HE);
✦ Entrepreneurship for poverty reduction; ✦ Economic Development and Ecosystems; ✦ Marketing; ✦ Competency development, soft skills; ✦ Evidence based entrepreneurship; ✦ Family Business; ✦ Health & Entrepreneurship.
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Activities Proposal Would you like to see EFER or an organisation like it continue in the future?
100
0
20
40
60
80
100
Yes No
Focuses
What should be the main focuses of a platform like EFER? (prioritise from 1 to 8. 1 - top priority, 8 - last priority)
Score
Rank
Training & developing academics with a focus on teaching e-ship
3,59
❶
Training & dev. academics with a focus on researching e-ship
3,92
❷
ConnecKng academics with each other
4,08
❸
Training & developing entrepreneurs in the start-up phase
4,64
❹
Training & developing entrepreneurs in the growth phase
4,91
❺
FacilitaKng research projects
4,93
❻
ConnecKng academics with entrepreneurs (and broader ecosystem
4,96
❼
Fostering internaKonal entrepreneurship
4,96
❽
(Europe, USA + selected countries/regions Global Europe Europe & USA
What should be the geographic scope of the platform?
13% 37%
15%
36%
Should EFER change its name to reflect a broader scope?
23
0
77
20
Yes No
40
60
80
100
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Would you and/or your university be interested in connecting types of activities?
CONNECTING 97
0
20
40
3
60
80
100
Yes No
Activities
If Yes, please rank, from 1 to 5 the importance of such activities for you or your institution. (1 - not at all important; 5 - critical)
Score
Rank
Sharing informaKon and connecKng EFER network members to projects such as EU calls and tenders
3,61
❶
Monthly or quarterly newslebers that provide informaKon about acKviKes and topics of interest
3,61
❷
Alumni meeKngs between academics within the EFER network
3,52
❸
Being connected with exisKng programs and acKviKes of other insKtuKons within the EFER network
3,50
MeeKngs between academics and entrepreneurs within the EFER network
3,37
Webinars and virtual spaces to connect on different topics
3,04
MOBILITY Would you and/or your university be interested in mobility types of activities? If Yes, please rank, from 1 to 5 the importance of such activities for you or your institution. (1 - not at all important; 5 - critical)
89
0
20
40
11
60
80
100
Yes No Activities
Score
Rank
Faculty Exchange Program – EFER facilitates the movement of academics for short visits between universiKes within the network.
3,65
❶
Mobility of Entrepreneurs Program - EFER facilitates the movement of entrepreneurs to universiKes within the network.
3,01
❷
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LEARNING Would you and/or your university be interested in learning types of activities?
95
0
20
40
5
60
80
100
Yes No Activities
If Yes, please rank, from 1 to 5 the importance of such activities for you or your institution. (1 - not at all important; 5 - critical)
Score
Rank
Teacher training programs (one week – EEC model) in Europe
3,66
Teacher training workshops (2-3 days) in Europe
3,42
❶ ❷
Teacher training “internaKonal field-trips” (2-3 days) outside of Europe
3,33
❸
E-learning spaces to discuss various methodologies and curricula (webinars, videos, etc)
3,20
Coaching and development of entrepreneurs seeking to grow and scale their firms
2,84
Local alumni run chapters to facilitate learning, development and sharing.
2,88
RESEARCH Would you and/or your university be interested in mobility types of activities? If Yes, please rank, from 1 to 5 the importance of such activities for you or your institution. (1 - not at all important; 5 - critical)
89
0
20
40
11
60
80
100
Yes No Activities
Score
Rank
Joint research studies coordinated by EFER or EFER network members?
3,50
❶
EFER periodic publicaKon with pracKce-oriented insights
3,30
❷
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Membership Proposal Would you agree that there should be a Membership agreement for this platform?
73
0
20
27
40
60
80
Yes No
100
If Yes, what kind of Membership scheme would you consider most appropriate?
80
60
62
40 38
  What would be the best type of subscription scheme for a membership?
20
0
Individual Membership
InsKtuKonal Membership
Anually Every 3 years 42% 58%
100
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Investment For an Individual Membership, what is your opinion on the rates proposed?
For an Institutional Membership, what is your opinion on the rates proposed?
Would you be willing to help EFER identify and/or secure funding from one or more of the following sources?
Annually = 250 Euro
1
Every 3 years = 600 Euro
1
22
34
0
65
20
too low
40
60
just right
80
1 20
79
Every 3 years = 6.000 Euro
2 17
81
0
20
too low
100
too high
Annually = 2.500 Euro
40
60
just right
80
100
too high
University / Faculty Funds
33
Private Fundraising
22
EU Funds
32
Other
33 0
What would you, or your institution, be willing to provide, concretely, to this networks?
77
10
20
30
40
ParKcipate in mobility programs
72
ParKcipate in research
72
Send parKcipants to training programs
68
Host meeKngs or trainings
64
ParKcipate in webinars Run local chapters/engage local ecosystem
49 36
Invest Kme in the management of EFER Other
27 6 0
20
40
60
80
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Closing Points What has been the most positive thing about EFER to date?
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