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Entrepreneurship education: the role of local business

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  • Ida Lindh
  • Sara Thorgren

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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.

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  • Ida Lindh & Sara Thorgren, 2016. "Entrepreneurship education: the role of local business," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(5-6), pages 313-336, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:entreg:v:28:y:2016:i:5-6:p:313-336
    DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2015.1134678
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    2. Carla S. Marques & Carlos P. Marques & João J. M. Ferreira & Fernando A. F. Ferreira, 2019. "Effects of traits, self-motivation and managerial skills on nursing intrapreneurship," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 15(3), pages 733-748, September.
    3. Thomas Wainwright & Ewald Kibler & Jukka-Pekka Heikkilä & Simon Down, 2018. "Elite entrepreneurship education: Translating ideas in North Korea," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 50(5), pages 1008-1026, August.
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