This chapter explores the role of enterprise and entrepreneurship education in Azerbaijan as the country aims to establish strong foundations for socio-economic growth beyond dependency on state-owned enterprises and the oil sector. It draws on our experiences of four years of working in...

The QAA Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (England) in General Business and Management states that ‘Preparation for business should be taken to mean the development of a range of specific business knowledge and skills, together with the improved self-awareness and personal...

In a report recently produced by the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE), the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) and the Council for Industry and Higher Education (CIHE) concluded that ‘Entrepreneurship education is currently taught primarily...

This paper considers "employability" andthe skills and competencies now needed to compete in the new labor market. Itis argued that a set of "enterprising skills" should be adopted as thenew employability skills set in the U.K. A previous definition offered by A.A. Gibb to provide insights into...

pt. 1. Processes and practices of SMEs and global trading -- pt. 2. Management, leadership and strategy in global SMEs -- pt. 3. Learning, skills and knowledge in doing global business -- pt. 4. SMEs in the global economy : policy perspectives.