Country | Example | Description | Effects |
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Finland | Team Academy | Started in Finland and spread across 7 countries. Students run a class-wide company for the duration of a 1-3 year programme then liquidate it. | Recognised for educational excellence in Finland. Powerful learning - some level of value created |
Many countries | Junior Achievement / Young Enterprise | Reaches 10 million students in 120 countries. Students create a mini-company, run it for 6-12 months then liquidate it. | The most well-studied example, powerful learning primarily - also some level of value created later in life by alumni |
Spain | Empresa Joven Europea | The first mini-company program to be included in the curricular framework of secondary education in Spain. | Has spread outside Asturias to also be used in Extremadura and La Rioja |