Abstract:There is belief that Kenyans who pursue higher degrees, specifically PhD are not entrepreneurial and use qualifications to mask their "entrepreneurial inadequacies". This paper investigates this belief by using empirical data collected from a sample of PhD students in one Kenyan university. The study analyzes the entrepreneurial activities of the sample based on gender, age, undergraduate specialization, exposure (proxied by travelling abroad), professional orientation and social mobility (proxied by their cur… Show more
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