A junior enterprise is a civil social nonprofit organization established and executed entirely by students of a university or a business school, both at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. The organization's purpose is to provide services for companies, institutions and society, often in the form of consultancies, while enriching the learning of its members with practical experience in the field of their studies. Usually, a junior enterprise is linked to a particular university or business school; by internal regulation, in most cases, a student must be studying at the specific university to join the organization.
The most common expertise areas for junior enterprises are business and management, engineering, marketing, communication, IT services and law. The members of the organization have the chance to take part in real-world projects, while experiencing the functioning of a real company: junior enterprises, indeed, either are real companies, or resemble one in their operational activities, often having a management council and an executive board, together with an own regulation.[1]
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Non-profit
1.1 Not necessarily by legal status but by nature of activities (in countries, where legal circumstances affect the non-profit legal status)
1.2 Surplus of the JE should not be used for any economic benefits for the members of the JE unless it is for the execution of project work. If the legal status allows economic benefits for Management Board, then the National umbrella should ensure that there is a rule in place to prevent this from happening in a JE
Non-political: not affiliated to political movement or party. However, they are able to lobby.
Non-religious: not affiliated to a religious movement or church.
Managed entirely by students: only students make and execute strategic decisions.
Linked to an institution of higher education, but not necessarily affiliated legally. However, proactive efforts should be made to seek support from the University.
Legal entity: legal settlement should be proactively sought.
Fostering entrepreneurship spirit:
7.1 Proactively engaging members in decision making;
7.2 Encouraging them to start their own projects;
7.3 Actively look for new opportunities.
Contribute to the development of the National Network by training the Junior Entrepreneurs about the Network and motivating them to participate in its activities.
Fostering members development
9.1 The end result of every project should be the development of members by any mean;
9.2 Every project should develop a soft or a hard skill. However, if the market allows, the business acquisition should focus on acquiring projects which develop hard skills (e.g.: resource management, analytics, technical, etc.)
9.3 Projects should assume interaction with external parties: private and civil companies
Aiming at sustainable activity (The Junior Enterprise aims to achieve sustainable activity by running at least one project a year for clients). Therefore, the organization actively seeks to implement the Concept with high quality.
Historyedit
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1967: Establishment of the first Junior Enterprise in France.
1969: Establishment of the second Junior Enterprise in Lille, France: EDHEC Junior Etudes.
1969 : Creation of the French National Confederation.[2]
1983: Foundation of the first Junior Entreprise in Switzerland, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).
1987: Foundation of a network of Junior Enterprises in the Netherlands.
1987: Foundation of the first Junior Enterprise at the LUISS University in Italy, based in Rome
1988: Foundation of Junior Comtec, the first Junior Enterprise in Germany, based in Darmstadt.
1988: Foundation of JEME Bocconi, the second Junior Enterprise in Italy, based in Milano. Foundation of the first Junior Enterprises (EJFGV, Poli Junior and UFBAjr) in Brazil.
1991: Foundation of EAA Consult, the first Junior Enterprise in Belgium, based in Liège.
1992: Foundation of CIJE (later called JE Italy), the Italian Confederation of Junior Enterprises, in order to link the National Confederations. It is based in Milan.
1992: Foundation of JADE, the European Confederation of Junior Enterprises, in order to link the National Confederations. It is based in Brussels.
1992: Foundation of the Junior Enterprise of the Engineering School of São Carlos, Brasil.
1993: Foundation of the first Junior Enterprise of Berlin, Germany.
1993: Foundation of the Junior Enterprise of Pontifícia Universidade Católica of São Paulo, Brasil.
1995: Foundation of Westminster Business Consultants, the first Junior Enterprise in the UK, based at the University of Westminster in London.
1996: CEJE joins JADE.
1997: Foundation of Junior Enterprise of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, called "ETH Zurich".
1997: Foundation of the Junior Enterprise of the Institute of Physics "Gleb Wataghin" and the Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computing, University of Campinas, Brazil. Quanta Jr. is the first Junior Enterprise of Physics and Math in Latin America.
1998: Foundation of the first Junior Enterprise in Poland - Junior Consulting Group (presently ConQuest Consulting).
1998: Foundation of BCJE (later called JADE Belgium), the Belgian Federation of Junior Enterprises, in order to unite the Belgian network.
2003: Foundation of the Brazilian Confederation of Junior Enterprises.
2004: Foundation of Junior Enterprise of the École hôtelière de Lausanne. First Junior Enterprise worldwide within the hospitality industry.
2004: JADE gains a new member: JADE Poland
2005: JADE gains a new member: JADE UK, with WBC acting as a point of contact.
2007: JADE Switzerland comprises 10 Junior Enterprises (Impact Zurich University of Zurich, JEF University of Fribourg, JEHEC University of Lausanne, EHL Junior Enterprise École hôtelière de Lausanne, Junior Entreprise EPFL, University of Neuchatel, ESPRIT St. Gallen University of St. Gallen, Brainstart University of Winterthur, ETH Juniors Zürich)
2008: Foundation of the Junior Enterprise of the Production Engineering, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, campus Sorocaba, Brasil
2010: JADE gains a new member: JADE Romania, which comprises 2 Junior Enterprises
2012: The Tunisian Confederation of Junior Enterprises was created: JET (Junior Enterprises of Tunisia, Foundation of Junior Enterprise Desautels, the first Junior Enterprise in North America, based in Montreal (McGill University), foundation of the first Junior Enterprise in the USA based in The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: CUBE Consulting
2013: Foundation of WAVE Junior Enterprise, the first JE in Mexico based in Mexico City at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, ITAM
2015: Recognition of JEBrighton by JADE UK point of contact as the second Junior Entreprise of the United Kingdom.
2016: Creation of the Junior Enterprises Global Council, renamed in 2018
2017: Creation of Unovator Junior Enterprise at the Claremont Colleges (Pomona College), California, US.
2019: JADE is rebranded as JE Europe.
JE Europeedit
The Junior Enterprise Europe was created in 1992 under the name 'JADE - European Confederation of Junior Enterprises' in order to link all the national confederations of Junior Enterprises in Europe. The founding members were the Netherlands (FNJE), Portugal (JEP), Italy , Switzerland (USJE) and France.
JE Europe's work and recognitionsedit
The recognition and acceptance of the Junior Enterprise movement by politicians, public institutions and companies, confirms and proofs the concept of junior entrepreneurship:[3]
Junior Enterprise is an example of best practice for practical education and development under the Lisbon Strategy: governing strategy of EU in 2000-2010. "Facilitate the development of Junior Enterprises" is a key priority for Education and Youth Framework of EU2020 –governing strategy of EU in 2010-2020.
JE Europe is a best practice of an intermediary organisation that brings universities and businesses together under EU Oslo Agenda for Entrepreneurship Education.[4]
JE Europe is in the Steering Board of UNESCO Youth Committee for Higher Education.
Diverse studies carried out by JE Europe, the European Commission and other parties, prove that participation in a Junior Enterprisedramatically improves a student's career perspectives, employment and intentions towards entrepreneurship.[5]
More than 60% of students who were part of a Junior Enterprise find a job before ending their studies.
Former Junior Entrepreneurs have significantly better career start after university and continue to develop more successfully in the long-term than their peers' average without JE experience.
21% of the Junior Entrepreneurs end up starting their own business within the first 3 years after graduation, when the EU average is 4–8%.
A study ("Effects and impact of entrepreneurship programmes in Higher Education"[6]) carried out by the European Commission (DG ENTR) on JE Europe Alumni, compared with normal students shows that:
25% of JE Europe Alumni indicate that it is (very) likely for them to start their own business within the next ten years; compared to 16% of other students that have taken entrepreneurial education formal courses and to 10% of students who have not received any kind of entrepreneurship education;
78% of JE Europe Alumni find a job right after graduation; compared to 66% of other students that have taken entrepreneurial education courses and to 59% of students who have not received any kind of entrepreneurship education
Brasil Júnior - Brazilian Confederation of Junior Enterprisesedit
Brasil Junior is the world's biggest junior enterprise confederation, composed by more than 1335[7] confederated junior enterprises and more than 22,000 junior entrepreneurs. It has as purpose to represent the junior enterprises nationwide and develop the Junior Enterprise Movement as an agent of business education and generation of new business. It is currently formed by 19 state federations.
Rest of the worldedit
Recently, junior enterprises appeared also in China, especially on the campus of Peking University. The movement is also taking its first step in North America with the recent launch a cross-faculty Junior Enterprise at McGill University in Canada. Shortly after the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign launched the first JE in the US.
See alsoedit
(in French) French National Confederation of Junior Enterprises (CNJE)
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remove this message A junior enterprise is a civil social nonprofit organization established and executed entirely by students of a university or a business school both at the undergraduate and postgraduate level The organization s purpose is to provide services for companies institutions and society often in the form of consultancies while enriching the learning of its members with practical experience in the field of their studies Usually a junior enterprise is linked to a particular university or business school by internal regulation in most cases a student must be studying at the specific university to join the organization The most common expertise areas for junior enterprises are business and management engineering marketing communication IT services and law The members of the organization have the chance to take part in real world projects while experiencing the functioning of a real company junior enterprises indeed either are real companies or resemble one in their operational activities often having a management council and an executive board together with an own regulation 1 Contents 1 The concept 2 History 3 JE Europe 3 1 JE Europe s work and recognitions 3 1 1 Impact on employment and entrepreneurship 3 1 1 1 Facts and Figures 4 Brasil Junior Brazilian Confederation of Junior Enterprises 5 Rest of the world 6 See also 7 ReferencesThe concept editThis section is in list format but may read better as prose You can help by converting this section if appropriate Editing help is available December 2020 Non profit 1 1 Not necessarily by legal status but by nature of activities in countries where legal circumstances affect the non profit legal status 1 2 Surplus of the JE should not be used for any economic benefits for the members of the JE unless it is for the execution of project work If the legal status allows economic benefits for Management Board then the National umbrella should ensure that there is a rule in place to prevent this from happening in a JE Non political not affiliated to political movement or party However they are able to lobby Non religious not affiliated to a religious movement or church Managed entirely by students only students make and execute strategic decisions Linked to an institution of higher education but not necessarily affiliated legally However proactive efforts should be made to seek support from the University Legal entity legal settlement should be proactively sought Fostering entrepreneurship spirit 7 1 Proactively engaging members in decision making 7 2 Encouraging them to start their own projects 7 3 Actively look for new opportunities Contribute to the development of the National Network by training the Junior Entrepreneurs about the Network and motivating them to participate in its activities Fostering members development 9 1 The end result of every project should be the development of members by any mean 9 2 Every project should develop a soft or a hard skill However if the market allows the business acquisition should focus on acquiring projects which develop hard skills e g resource management analytics technical etc 9 3 Projects should assume interaction with external parties private and civil companies Aiming at sustainable activity The Junior Enterprise aims to achieve sustainable activity by running at least one project a year for clients Therefore the organization actively seeks to implement the Concept with high quality History editThis article is in list format but may read better as prose You can help by converting this article if appropriate Editing help is available December 2020 1967 Establishment of the first Junior Enterprise in France 1969 Establishment of the second Junior Enterprise in Lille France EDHEC Junior Etudes 1969 Creation of the French National Confederation 2 1983 Foundation of the first Junior Entreprise in Switzerland at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne EPFL 1987 Foundation of a network of Junior Enterprises in the Netherlands 1987 Foundation of the first Junior Enterprise at the LUISS University in Italy based in Rome 1988 Foundation of Junior Comtec the first Junior Enterprise in Germany based in Darmstadt 1988 Foundation of JEME Bocconi the second Junior Enterprise in Italy based in Milano Foundation of the first Junior Enterprises EJFGV Poli Junior and UFBAjr in Brazil 1991 Foundation of EAA Consult the first Junior Enterprise in Belgium based in Liege 1991 Foundation of the first JE of University of Campinas Brazil 1992 Foundation of CIJE later called JE Italy the Italian Confederation of Junior Enterprises in order to link the National Confederations It is based in Milan 1992 Foundation of JADE the European Confederation of Junior Enterprises in order to link the National Confederations It is based in Brussels 1992 Foundation of the Junior Enterprise of the University of Campinas School of Mechanical Engineering Brazil 1992 Foundation of the Junior Enterprise of the Engineering School of Sao Carlos Brasil 1993 Foundation of the first Junior Enterprise of Berlin Germany 1993 Foundation of the Junior Enterprise of Pontificia Universidade Catolica of Sao Paulo Brasil 1995 Foundation of Westminster Business Consultants the first Junior Enterprise in the UK based at the University of Westminster in London 1996 CEJE joins JADE 1997 Foundation of Junior Enterprise of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich called ETH Zurich 1997 Foundation of the Junior Enterprise of the Institute of Physics Gleb Wataghin and the Institute of Mathematics Statistics and Scientific Computing University of Campinas Brazil Quanta Jr is the first Junior Enterprise of Physics and Math in Latin America 1998 Foundation of the first Junior Enterprise in Poland Junior Consulting Group presently ConQuest Consulting 1998 Foundation of BCJE later called JADE Belgium the Belgian Federation of Junior Enterprises in order to unite the Belgian network 2003 Foundation of the Brazilian Confederation of Junior Enterprises 2004 Foundation of Junior Enterprise of the Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne First Junior Enterprise worldwide within the hospitality industry 2004 JADE gains a new member JADE Poland 2005 JADE gains a new member JADE UK with WBC acting as a point of contact 2007 JADE Switzerland comprises 10 Junior Enterprises Impact Zurich University of Zurich JEF University of Fribourg JEHEC University of Lausanne EHL Junior Enterprise Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne Junior Entreprise EPFL University of Neuchatel ESPRIT St Gallen University of St Gallen Brainstart University of Winterthur ETH Juniors Zurich 2008 Foundation of the Junior Enterprise of the Production Engineering Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos campus Sorocaba Brasil 2010 JADE gains a new member JADE Romania which comprises 2 Junior Enterprises 2012 The Tunisian Confederation of Junior Enterprises was created JET Junior Enterprises of Tunisia Foundation of Junior Enterprise Desautels the first Junior Enterprise in North America based in Montreal McGill University foundation of the first Junior Enterprise in the USA based in The University of Illinois Urbana Champaign CUBE Consulting 2013 Foundation of WAVE Junior Enterprise the first JE in Mexico based in Mexico City at Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico ITAM 2015 Recognition of JEBrighton by JADE UK point of contact as the second Junior Entreprise of the United Kingdom 2016 Creation of the American Confederation of Junior Enterprises 2016 Creation of the Junior Enterprises Global Council renamed in 2018 2017 Creation of Unovator Junior Enterprise at the Claremont Colleges Pomona College California US 2019 JADE is rebranded as JE Europe JE Europe editThe Junior Enterprise Europe was created in 1992 under the name JADE European Confederation of Junior Enterprises in order to link all the national confederations of Junior Enterprises in Europe The founding members were the Netherlands FNJE Portugal JEP Italy Switzerland USJE and France JE Europe s work and recognitions edit The recognition and acceptance of the Junior Enterprise movement by politicians public institutions and companies confirms and proofs the concept of junior entrepreneurship 3 Junior Enterprise is an example of best practice for practical education and development under the Lisbon Strategy governing strategy of EU in 2000 2010 Facilitate the development of Junior Enterprises is a key priority for Education and Youth Framework of EU2020 governing strategy of EU in 2010 2020 JE Europe is a best practice of an intermediary organisation that brings universities and businesses together under EU Oslo Agenda for Entrepreneurship Education 4 JE Europe is in the Steering Board of UNESCO Youth Committee for Higher Education JE Europe is a stakeholder consultant for the World Bank the World Economic Forum and the EU Impact on employment and entrepreneurship edit Facts and Figures edit Diverse studies carried out by JE Europe the European Commission and other parties prove that participation in a Junior Enterprisedramatically improves a student s career perspectives employment and intentions towards entrepreneurship 5 More than 60 of students who were part of a Junior Enterprise find a job before ending their studies Former Junior Entrepreneurs have significantly better career start after university and continue to develop more successfully in the long term than their peers average without JE experience 21 of the Junior Entrepreneurs end up starting their own business within the first 3 years after graduation when the EU average is 4 8 A study Effects and impact of entrepreneurship programmes in Higher Education 6 carried out by the European Commission DG ENTR on JE Europe Alumni compared with normal students shows that 25 of JE Europe Alumni indicate that it is very likely for them to start their own business within the next ten years compared to 16 of other students that have taken entrepreneurial education formal courses and to 10 of students who have not received any kind of entrepreneurship education 78 of JE Europe Alumni find a job right after graduation compared to 66 of other students that have taken entrepreneurial education courses and to 59 of students who have not received any kind of entrepreneurship educationBrasil Junior Brazilian Confederation of Junior Enterprises editBrasil Junior is the world s biggest junior enterprise confederation composed by more than 1335 7 confederated junior enterprises and more than 22 000 junior entrepreneurs It has as purpose to represent the junior enterprises nationwide and develop the Junior Enterprise Movement as an agent of business education and generation of new business It is currently formed by 19 state federations Rest of the world editRecently junior enterprises appeared also in China especially on the campus of Peking University The movement is also taking its first step in North America with the recent launch a cross faculty Junior Enterprise at McGill University in Canada Shortly after the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign launched the first JE in the US See also edit in French French National Confederation of Junior Enterprises CNJE References edit Guerrero Gorka Discover the Junior Enterprise concept Junior Enterprise Retrieved 2020 02 09 Website of the French confederation Archived 2009 07 14 at the Wayback Machine http www jadenet org wp content uploads 2013 06 JEs Employability pdf permanent dead link Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2012 01 31 Retrieved 2013 07 25 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2016 03 04 Retrieved 2013 07 25 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2013 05 13 Retrieved 2013 07 25 a href Template Cite web html title Template 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