Entrepreneurship is listed among the key competencies of the new generations. It is essential trait for the young people in the new, fast changing environment, no matter shell they link their careers with the small business or not. Consequently, the education systems can substantially contribute...

This paper is a critical review of an entrepreneurship course that emphasizes experiential education via ‘flipped classroom’ methods. In particular, this paper explores the degree to which experiential learning opportunities and assessment tasks support authentic attainment of the courses’...

Economic zones are recognized as contributors of entrepreneurship and innovation and key elements of national development strategy. This paper empirically evaluates and answers questions like - is there an impact of entrepreneurial universities and research centers on the performance of...

The World Economic Forum's Global Education Initiative (GEI) report, Educating the Next Wave of Entrepreneurs provides specific recommendations for the academic, public, private and non-profit sectors to collaborate in supporting the development of entrepreneurship ecosystems, in which education...

This paper aims to identify the importance of Information Technology businesses and youth's interest in entrepreneurial initiatives in connection with IT based businesses. The data was collected using questionnaire from final year students of entrepreneurship and computer sciences enrolled in...

This chapter provides an overview of entrepreneurship clubs. It charts the development of these organizations, as a form of extracurricular activity. It introduces different forms of entrepreneurship club, such as Junior Achievement and Enactus, and explains how they grew from 1919 to the...

This paper analyzes the impact of a leading entrepreneurship education program on college students' entrepreneurship competencies and intentions using an instrumental variables approach in a difference-in-differences framework. We exploit that the program was offered to students at one location...

Entrepreneurship is taught in diverse settings addressed to various audiences. The role of creativity is generally thought to be beneficial for innovation; however, certain concerns may emerge depending on the context in which entrepreneurship is taught. For example, critical questions may arise...

This paper investigates whether entrepreneurs with technical education are more innovative in high-tech industries than economists ('nerd effect'). To analyze this question, we examine the KfW/ZEW Start-Up Panel between 2007 and 2008. Two independent OLS regressions are conducted for...

This study examines how the effect of entrepreneurship education on students' entrepreneurial intentions is (1) contingent on the mode of education (active, e.g. business plan seminar, vs reflective, e.g. theory lectures), (2) contingent on the regional context and (3) complemented by...