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Entrepreneurship education and training as facilitators of regional development: A systematic literature review

Anderson Galvão (CETRAD Unit Research and University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal)
Joao J. Ferreira (NECE Unit Research and Department of Management and Economics, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal)
Carla Marques (CETRAD Unit Research and Department of Economics Sociology and Management, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal)

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

ISSN: 1462-6004

Article publication date: 8 December 2017

Issue publication date: 6 February 2018

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to provide insights of a systematic literature review (SLR) of the entrepreneurship education and training as facilitators of regional development. Current and future trends in the field are identified.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper offers an SLR on the entrepreneurship education and training and advances through a comprehensive bibliometric analysis comprising the period 1973-2016. To collect data, only articles published in scientific journals were used in the SCOPUS database.

Findings

The results highlight that both training and entrepreneurship education can be a strong strategic tool for regional development, and that it is important for entities such as academia, government and business to cooperate towards the same goal in order to strengthen the entrepreneurial intention of society. Findings reveal three clusters as trends of literature: entrepreneurial universities, entrepreneurial spirit and process of business creation.

Originality/value

This paper contributes to fill the gap in terms of SLR on the importance of entrepreneurship education and training for regional development conducted by a bibliometric analysis.

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Acknowledgements

This work is supported by: European Structural and Investment Funds in the FEDER component, through the Operational Competitiveness and Internationalization Programme (COMPETE 2020) (Project No. 006971 (UID/SOC/04011); Funding Reference: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006971); and national funds, through the FCT – Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology under the project UID/SOC/04011/2013.

Citation

Galvão, A., Ferreira, J.J. and Marques, C. (2018), "Entrepreneurship education and training as facilitators of regional development: A systematic literature review", Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Vol. 25 No. 1, pp. 17-40. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-05-2017-0178

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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