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Desarrollo de competencias de emprendimiento en estudiantes de educación media: un enfoque en la innovación y la creatividad

María José Mayorga Ases, Iveth Carolina Abril Ruiz, Byron Stalin Zamora Flores, Evelyn Gissela Bedón Durán

Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja)

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A mixed-methods study of Ecuadorian secondary education students found moderate entrepreneurial competencies overall, with strengths in collaborative work and responsibility but limitations in initiative and autonomy, and identified regional variation: Quito concentrates 25% of ventures in technology and social enterprise, Guayaquil 22% in commerce and logistics, and Ambato 18% in family and artisanal business. It identified five effective educational innovations — community projects, school gardens, innovation fairs, educational technologies and interdisciplinary projects — while noting a persistent gap between idea generation and execution, and 8% of rural localities developing enterprises with less infrastructure.