Abstract:
In economics, entrepreneurship is considered one of the important factors of
production. Moreover, it is a significant factor influencing growth and development of
a country. Furthermore, higher start-up rates will contribute to the economic prosperity
of a country. Graduate entrepreneurship - around the globe - is increasingly being seen
as a vital source of competitiveness and the engine for economic growth and
development. Many authors have identified entrepreneurial intentions as a means to
better explain and predict entrepreneurship. Based on the idea that entrepreneurial
intention is one of the key elements in explaining firm-creation activity, this paper
attempts to investigate various socio-demographic factors affecting entrepreneurial
intentions of Sri-Lankan-state-university undergraduates. A tool developed by Linan &
Chen (2006) has been employed to measure entrepreneurial intention levels.
