Graduate students mentoring undergraduate students’ business innovation pitches: Article 100390

• Joshua S. Bendickson ^[1] ; Laura Madden ^[2] ; Curtis F. MatherneIII ^[3]
  1. [1] University of Louisiana at Lafayette

     University of Louisiana at Lafayette

     Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] East Carolina University

     East Carolina University

     Township of Greenville, Estados Unidos

     
  3. [3] University of Southern Mississippi

     University of Southern Mississippi

     Estados Unidos

     

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• Localización: The international journal of management education, ISSN 1472-8117, Vol. 18, Nº. 2, 2020, págs. 1-8
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijme.2020.100390
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• Resumen

  • Pitch competitions are commonplace throughout undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship curricula. Although they are valuable exercises, advancements are available to further their usefulness and reach a wider audience. Accordingly, we developed an experiential learning exercise rooted in the tenets of corporate entrepreneurship that allows for greater collaboration, learning, and critical thinking. In the exercise, undergraduate student groups develop and present an innovative initiative, then are scored and mentored by MBA student groups prior to the final pitches. The benefits include improved student learning by undergraduate students from graduate student mentors as well as improved mentoring and leadership skills for graduate students through the practical and experiential process of helping undergraduate students improve their pitches.