Entrepreneurship education and training as facilitators of regional development: A systematic literature review
Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development
ISSN: 1462-6004
Article publication date: 8 December 2017
Issue publication date: 6 February 2018
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
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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