Factors affecting the business start- up intent of students in business administration at university/ college in Can Tho city

Nguyen Quoc Nghi * , & Le Thi Dieu Hien

* Correspondence: Nguyen Quoc Nghi (email: 528_nguyenquocnghi@gmail.com)

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Received: 20 Oct 2015
Revised: 26 Nov 2015
Accepted: 20 Jan 2016
Published: 15 Feb 2016
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Nguyễn, N. Q., & Lê, H. T. D. (2016). Factors affecting the business start- up intent of students in business administration at university/ college in Can Tho city. Van Hien University Journal of Science (10), 55-64.
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The study aims to determine the factors that influence the intention to business start-up of students in business administration at the university/ college in Can Tho city. Research data was collected from 400 students of Business Administration at the university/college in Can Tho city. The cronbach alpha test, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and linear regression analysis were used in the study. Research results indicated that there are four factors affecting intention passion, business readiness, subjective norms, eaducation. In particular, factors business administration students.
Keywords: Business start-up, students, business administration, univerities/colleges, Can Tho city

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