Exploring the Concept of an Entrepreneurship Education Ecosystem

Abstract

This chapter explores the concept of an entrepreneurship education ecosystem. The concept of ecosystem comes from the natural sciences, but is increasingly applied to regional development, or clusters, which focus on firm inter-organizational relationships. Building on the idea of the university is a key player in a local entrepreneurship ecosystem, this chapter provides a framework for examining a school’s role in this process. A typology is presented that articulates roles that schools may pursue in developing their own internal entrepreneurship education ecosystem.

Citation

Brush, C.G. (2014), "Exploring the Concept of an Entrepreneurship Education Ecosystem", Innovative Pathways for University Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century (Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth, Vol. 24), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 25-39. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1048-473620140000024000