Work in progress - Promotion of students’ entrepreneurial initiatives in Information Technologies: Government-University cooperation

Author

Wachenchauzer, Rosita ; Clúa, Osvaldo ; Feldgen, María

Author_Institution

Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica, Buenos Aires

fYear

2007

fDate

10-13 Oct. 2007

Abstract

FONSOFT (the National Fund for the Promotion of Software Industry in Argentina) is launching a program to support senior college students´ entrepreneurial initiatives in Information Technologies, that funds these initiatives while it involves universities in the control and mentoring of the students´ work. In this way, the students not only receive economic resources for the development of their ideas, but also a well needed intellectual support. It shows how government and universities can actively cooperate in trying to boost entrepreneurship.

Keywords

educational institutions; government; information technology; Government-University cooperation; college student entrepreneurial initiatives; economic resources; information technologies; intellectual support; Business communication; Cities and towns; Computer industry; Educational institutions; Employee welfare; Government; Industrial control; Information technology; Innovation management; Technological innovation; Entrepreneurship; Government - University cooperation; Innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers In Education Conference - Global Engineering: Knowledge Without Borders, Opportunities Without Passports, 2007. FIE '07. 37th Annual

Conference_Location

Milwaukee, WI

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1083-5

Electronic_ISBN

0190-5848

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2007.4417933

Filename

4417933