Technopreneurship Strategy to Grow Entrepreneurship Career Options for Students in Higher Education

Abstract

Technopreneurship is one of the technology-based entrepreneurship that can influence in increasing the economic growth of a country. It could reduce the intellectual unemployment rate among recent higher education graduates by creating jobs. Various studies have proven that higher educations have an influence in motivating and shaping the character and mindset of students to choose technopreneurship as a career orientation. This article aims to provide literature about technopreneurship. Technopreneurship studies were conducted by reading and analyzing 28 review journal articles and were summarized in a table of categorization of articles based on article names, objectives, findings and recommendations. The problem faced in this study is that there is a gap between the knowledge and skills of technopreneurship faced by students from various disciplines. To overcome such gaps the higher education is expected to be able to take strategic steps in ensuring that technopreneurship can be an interest and career choice for all students. In conclusion, the study found that there was a significant influence of entrepreneurship education and technopreneurial learning through business incubators integrated into the higher education curriculum in shaping the character and mindset to start a career as a technopreneur among students.