International Entrepreneurship Education

International Entrepreneurship Education Issues and Newness

Edited by

Alain Fayolle EM Lyon and CERAG Laboratory, France, and Solvay Business School, Belgium

Heinz Klandt European Business School, Germany

Edward Elgar Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA

© Alain Fayolle and Heinz Klandt, 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical or photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited Glensanda House Montpellier Parade Cheltenham Glos GL50 1UA UK Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. 136 West Street Suite 202 Northampton Massachusetts 01060 USA

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data International entrepreneurship education: issues and newness/edited by Alain Fayolle, Heinz Klandt. p. cm. Selections from the proceedings of the 2003 INET conference in Grenoble. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Business education—Congresses. 2. Business education—Cross-cultural studies—Congresses. 3. Entrepreneurship—Study and teaching—Congresses. 4. Entrepreneurship—Cross-cultural studies—Congresses. I. Title: Entrepreneurship education. II. Fayolle, Alain. III. Klandt, Heinz. HF1102.I585  2006 650.071’1—dc22 2005052825

ISBN-13: 978 1 84542 179 3 ISBN-10: 1 84542 179 5 Typeset by Manton Typesetters, Louth, Lincolnshire, UK Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall

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Contributors Foreword by Allan Gibb   1 Issues and newness in the field of entrepreneurship education: new lenses for new practical and academic questions Alain Fayolle and Heinz Klandt

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PART ONE  KEY ISSUES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION   2 Learning and teaching entrepreneurship: dilemmas, reflections and strategies Per Blenker, Poul Dreisler, Helle M. Færgeman and John Kjeldsen

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  3 Entrepreneurship education: can business schools meet the challenge? David A. Kirby

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  4 To support the emergence of academic entrepreneurs: the role of business plan competitions Lorella Cannavacciuolo, Guido Capaldo, Gianluca Esposito, Luca Iandoli and Mario Raffa   5 Attitudes, intentions and behaviour: new approaches to evaluating entrepreneurship education Alain Fayolle and Jean Michel Degeorge

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PART TWO ABOUT THE NEWNESS IN METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO TEACH ENTREPRENEURSHIP   6 The continental and Anglo-American approaches to entrepreneurship education – differences and bridges Paula Kyrö   7 Mentoring for entrepreneurs as an education intervention Asko Miettinen





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  8 Can you teach entrepreneurs to write their business plan? An empirical evaluation of business plan competitions Benoît Gailly

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  9 Skills demonstrations: a possibility for meaningful co-operation with work-life in internationalizing vocational education Seija Mahlamäki-Kultanen

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10 Pathways to new business opportunities: innovations and strategies for the entrepreneurial classroom Jill Kickul

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PART THREE DIFFUSING AND PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE AND DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEURIAL POTENTIAL 11 Developing an entrepreneurial spirit among engineering college students: what are the educational factors? Caroline Verzat and Rémi Bachelet

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12 Undergraduate students as a source of potential entrepreneurs: a comparative study between Italy and Argentina Sergio Postigo, Donato Iacobucci and María Fernanda Tamborini

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