The Ecosystem for Entrepreneurship of the University Center for Economic and Administrative Sciences of the University of Guadalajara

Abstract

In recent years, the concern to develop entrepreneurship in educational systems and especially in universities, has gained greater relevance and has been presented as an effective solution to the problems of lack and precariousness in employment. However, is there evidence to support such confidence? The objective of this work was to review the case of CUCEA. To carry out the study, we first built an ecosystem with the areas that are responsible for developing entrepreneurship competency in students of undergraduate programs. We identify the disciplines of economics and administration as the areas of knowledge that should primarily contribute to the formation of entrepreneurship and innovation skills and finally we carry out semi-structured surveys of those responsible for the areas of the ecosystem. The findings were the following: although the ecosystem has sufficient elements to fulfill its mission, two problems that prevent it were identified: one epistemological and the other management. The epistemological or knowledge paradigm is found in the predominant paradigm in the teaching of economic science, the neoclassical one, and the reluctance of those responsible to modify it and continue meeting the demands of the market and with it, its reproduction. Management corresponds to the lack of a comprehensive project to develop entrepreneurship and innovation, which causes different visions among the actors and duplication of actions.