Antwerp Centre for Entrepreneurship Research

Ongoing granted project

01/07/2020 – 30/06/2024

Ambition in Entrepreneurship

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is the driver of economic progress. Today's champions – Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, et cetera – all started as small-scaled projects. Unfortunately, European countries, including the Flanders region, lag behind. Small-scaled entrepreneurial projects experience difficulties in their further development and growth. The new champions come from North-America or Southeast-Asia, not from Europe. This has to change. For this, the Flemish government launched a large-scaled and ambitious program (2016-2020 and 2020-2024) to coach SMEs and entrepreneurs in their further development. Within this program, UNIZO and Antwerp Management School (AMS), together with UAntwerp, developed a project called "Road to Growth" (Ambition in Entrepreneurship). UNIZO and AMS (UAntwerp) are ambitious in their goal to provide a unique and effective coaching program to support ambitious Flemish entrepreneurs. Hundreds ambitious entrepreneurs will, thanks to the support of UNIZO/AMS(UAntwerp), have developed their company. A tailor-made coaching program provides the necessary support to do so.

Funding 

VLAIO 

Timing 

  • First call: 01/10/2017 – 30/05/2020 
  • Second call: 01/07/2020 – 30/06/2024 

Researchers