Progressing Context in Entrepreneurship Education: Reflections from a Delphi Study
Book chapter, 2023

Stimulating entrepreneurial agency among citizens, companies, and organizations is a central objective of many policymakers, potentially requiring arenas for innovation, networks of advisors, training, infrastructure, and finances, among other things. Nonetheless, central to agency is the individual’s own willingness and empowerment to engage. Some aspects of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial action have been argued to be broadly applicable across disciplines, geographies, and cultures, while others are significantly dependent upon a set of variables in which one is embedded. Thus, considering ways in which the contextual complexity of entrepreneurship (and education) is represented in entrepreneurship education is critical. Recent literature establishes that it is important to design for and with context in entrepreneurship education (Thomassen, et al., International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 26(5):863–886, 2020), but we lack documented knowledge regarding how this can and potentially should be done. In this chapter, we aim to progress a research agenda by identifying current challenges and future opportunities brought forward by experts in entrepreneurship education research through a Delphi study in order to advance the contextualization of entrepreneurship education.

Context

Contextualization

Entrepreneurship education

Delphi study

Learning design

Author

Michael Breum Ramsgaard

VIA University College

Mette Lindahl Thomassen

VIA University College

Karen Williams Middleton

Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Entrepreneurship and Strategy

FGF Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship

23646918 (ISSN) 23646926 (eISSN)

155-169

Subject Categories

Business Administration

DOI

10.1007/978-3-031-28559-2_11

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6/15/2023