This chapter explores how entrepreneurial learning emerges through entrepreneurs’ participation in action learning sets. Using empirical data from an entrepreneur development programme, it uses concepts of communities of practice and social capital to identify how the learning processes...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the premise that organizationally defined communities of practice can be a valuable strategic learning tool for management. Design/methodology/approach: It is a quantitative study in a single organization. The authors analyzed data from 1,082...