Open this publication in new window or tab >>2016 (English)In: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, ISSN 0898-5626, E-ISSN 1464-5114, Vol. 28, no 5-6, p. 313-336Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Entrepreneurship education is high on political agendas for its contributions to cultural change and economic growth. Scholars have suggested that the local context may influence the results of entrepreneurship education, and have recommended that educators strengthen their relationships with local businesses and help students learn from actual business settings. By combining policy analysis with empirical data, the present qualitative study explores two issues. First, we look at how the role of local business is expressed in entrepreneurship education policy documents. Second, we explore how local entrepreneurial activity and culture may influence how policies are understood and translated into practice at the local level. The findings indicate that collaboration between schools and business life may strengthen, rather than change, existing local development paths. The present paper contributes to the literature and understanding of the interplay between entrepreneurship education policy and the local context and proposes several policy recommendations emerging from the empirical study.
National Category
Other Engineering and Technologies not elsewhere specified
Research subject
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-3032 (URN)10.1080/08985626.2015.1134678 (DOI)000382194000001 ()2-s2.0-84958043897 (Scopus ID)0c96a433-ea49-4701-a1c2-a11a7f178bd2 (Local ID)0c96a433-ea49-4701-a1c2-a11a7f178bd2 (Archive number)0c96a433-ea49-4701-a1c2-a11a7f178bd2 (OAI)
Note
Validerad; 2016; Nivå 2; 20160204 (andbra)
2016-09-292016-09-292018-07-10Bibliographically approved