The relevance of engineering entrepreneurship: a study at CPUT

Abstract

This research examines the concept ‘Engineering entrepreneurship’, looking at the contribution that engineers make towards a rapid changing technological environment that support the growth South African economy. This research works on the premise that engineering entrepreneurship lends itself to high technology entrepreneurial activity, but seeks to understand whether engineers are sufficiently progressive to support rapid change. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) places the catalyst for high-expectation entrepreneurship (aged: 23 - 32 years, highly educated, potential high income), squarely in the BACCALAUREUS TECHNOLOGIAE (BTech) program at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). The answer we must find is one that seeks to understand whether engineering entrepreneurship is relevant in the South African context.