Let’s be entrepreneurs – Finnish youth’s attitudes toward entrepreneurship

Purpose The purpose of the study is to clarify Finnish youth’s attitudes toward entrepreneurship and evaluate both regional background factors influencing those attitudes. Design/methodology/approach authors conducted a survey 1,497 students aged 15 24 years analyzed data using descriptive statistical analysis. Findings study’s results indicate positive among youth. One notable findings was number who had already worked as entrepreneurs. also revealed that affected entrepreneurial attitudes, such aspects, gender. Practical implications this highlight importance regional-level education activities for increasing vitality intentions within remote areas Finland. This suggests develop new teaching methods further raise expand gender equal programs aimed at promoting entrepreneurship, especially in areas. Originality/value reveal young people seem be more levels than indicated by earlier studies. In previous Global Entrepreneurship Monitor studies, researchers evaluated entrepreneurship. By contrast, based on opinions youth region with youngest population Finland, they described themselves their peers.