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Does entrepreneurship count as work experience for MBA? 

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The implication being that an MBA program does add value to students that is not necessarily obtained through work experience alone.
They empirically demonstrate an inverted U-shaped relationship between accumulated experience and entrepreneurship across various industries and jobs.
In short, this work is aimed at increasing the importance of entrepreneurship education in a multidisciplinary environment and the use of practical-oriented teaching models.
The findings in this study show the effectiveness of the activity as part of entrepreneurship education to teach secondary pupils many aspects related to work.
The findings suggest that entrepreneurship be approached as a vehicle for optimal human experiencing.
Originality/value This study provides fresh evidence on the role of entrepreneurship education by comparing EIs and the cognitive antecedents of intentions of the two groups – entrepreneurship as well as MBA students.
Moreover, we find evidence that individual characteristics, such as entrepreneurship experience, vary systematically with the perceived status of occupations, thereby contributing ammunition to a fundamental discussion in the literature.
Findings – The authors found that university entrepreneurship education does not fully satisfy students' needs.

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