Project
Project Goals
GUESSS represents an entrepreneurship research platform.
The main goals are:
The start up process
GUESSS helps to systematically record the founding intention and activity of students on a long-term basis, and makes a temporal and geographical comparison possible (panel study).
The University
GUESSS offers a temporal and geographical comparison providing universities with insight into the organization of entrepreneurship (e.g. in the form of entrepreneurship courses, founding climate, infrastructure, etc.).
The Individual
GUESSS allows for a temporal and geographical comparison of individual-based characteristics that impact the founding intention and activity of students. The survey is conducted every two years.
The secondary goals are:
GUESSS helps with the verification and establishment of explanatory approaches at various levels of analysis (e.g. individual, process, macroeconomical effectiveness) for the investigation of the founding intent and activity of students.
GUESSS enables the participating countries to reflect on their entrepreneurial spirit with regard to specific basic founding conditions that drive students to become entrepreneurs.
GUESSS can observe the quality of the start-ups created by students (e.g. jobs, turnover, etc.).
GUESSS helps to identify the perceived pitfalls and retentions in the
students' founding process. Based on that, recommendations can be derived.
GUESSS helps generate research models and verify existing ones.
