Some Research Perspectives on Entrepreneurship Education, Enterprise Education and Education for Small Business Management: A Ten-Year Literature Review

Abstract

GARY GORMAN IS AN ASSOCIATE DEAN AND associate professor and Dennis Hanlon an assistant professor at the Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University ofNewfoundland, Canada, and Wayne King is director of the P. J. Gardiner Institute for Small Business Studies as well as an assistant professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland. This paper reviews the literature in the areas of entrepreneurship education, enterprise education and education for small business management. The review covers the period from 1985 to 1994 inclusive and is limited to mainstream journals that focus on entrepreneurship and small business. Theoretical and empirical papers are examined from the perspective of content and market focus. The paper also suggests directions for future research.

L’entrepreneuriat en milieu scolaire : de quoi s’agit-il?

“…Le principal obstacle se situe cependant, à l'instar des notions d'entrepreneuriat et de « culture entrepreneuriale », au niveau de la difficulté de définir les termes utilisés pour parler d'entrepreneuriat en milieu scolaire. Dans les écrits anglophones, ce vocabulaire se cristallise autour de deux principaux vocables, à savoir entrepreneurship education et enterprise education, auxquels on pourrait ajouter un troisième, soit small business education (Breen, 2004;Gorman, Hanlon & King, 1997). Si ces termes peuvent parfois être utilisés de manière interchangeable, nombre d'auteurs mettent pourtant en évidence la spécificité de chacun d'eux (Cummins & Dallat, 2004;Leffler, 2009).…”

Preparing business students for co-operation in multi-disciplinary new venture teams: empirical insights from a business-planning course

“…Recent research findings show that universities and their didactic activities can influence the students' decision-making process with respect to new venture creation (Béchard & Toulouse, 1998;Gorman et al, 1997;Hostager & Decker, 1999). Given a positive predisposition on the part of the students, training programs and the image of business founders within the university seem to have the potential to increase the propensity of graduates to found new businesses after leaving university (Autio, Keeley, Klofsten & Ulfstedt, 1997;Begley, Tan, Larasati, Rab, Zamora & Nanayakkara, 1997;Brown, 1990;McMullan, Long & Wilson, 1985).…”

“…In controlled studies, it was shown that entrepreneurship courses help graduates make better decisions in the start-up process (Vesper & Gartner, 1997). Enhancing the students' understanding of the processes involved in the creation of a new business is therefore an important objective in entrepreneurship education (Gorman et al, 1997;Hills & Morris, 1998).…”

“…In fact, according to empirical research, the universities and their didactic activities influence the students' decision-making process with respect to new venture creation. (e.g., Gorman, Hanlon & King, 1997;Béchard & Toulouse, 1998;Hostager & Decker, 1999).…”

Socio-economic Factors as Predictors of Undergraduate Students’ Attitude towards Entrepreneurship in Botswana

“…Thus, militates against societal problems by increasing employment (Nybakk & Hansen, 2008). Most studies have shown there is a positive relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth in terms of job creation, firm survival and technological change (Gorman, et al 1997;Lena and Wong 2003;Karanassios, Pazarskis et al, 2006). It is seen as an engine of economic progress, job creation and social adjustment (Yosof, et al, 2007).…”