Higher Technological Education Graduates' Entrepreneurship: Results and Conclusions of a Nation-Wide Research Study (Report‪)‬

1. Introduction The promotion and support of entrepreneurship are nowadays among the main priorities of governments, employment policy makers, as well as of several establishments of higher education for their students and graduates. The reason is a notable recognition for both the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth, and the dire need for linking closer higher education (HE) and labour market [1]. It has also been argued that the increase of self-employment tends to bring subsequent decreases of unemployment rates. Furthermore, the recent economic crisis and the increase of the public debt in many countries resulted in a current and, even more, forthcoming diminution of the public sector, a fact that makes the turn to or at least the interest for entrepreneurrial activities more urgent and perhaps more challenging.