Workshop on:

Education and Learning Issues in Entrepreneurship

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
4 - 5 July 2013

 


"Entrepreneurial learning is not characterized by the notions of stability, consistency, or predictability. Rather, it has been demonstrated that the concepts of metamorphosis, discontinuity, and change more appropriately encapsulate the dynamics of this phenomenon."

Jason Cope, 2005

 

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The workshop aims to bring together scholars from both Entrepreneurship and Education to address issues on understanding and promoting entrepreneurship. A priority of the field is the development of entrepreneurial theory along with innovative instruction to facilitate formal or informal entrepreneurial learning. A theory for entrepreneurship requires understanding of personal and societal factors as well as appropriate modeling. Challenges in entrepreneurship education include the design of relevant courses and the development of instruction that fosters innovation and business venturing. The workshop will consider themes such as: entrepreneurial learning, entrepreneurial competencies, entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship and lifelong learning. We invite papers which address:

  • Practical learning of entrepreneurs and its relationship to learning theories;
  • Learning associated with entrepreneurial decision making and beliefs;
  • Learning as a component for entrepreneurship theory development;
  • Entrepreneurial competencies and traits of habitual, latent, nascent or expert entrepreneurs;
  • Entrepreneurial competencies for entrepreneurship education and training;
  • Entrepreneurial career counselling;
  • Entrepreneurial curricula in different contexts, countries, groups and levels of education;
  • Innovative instruction and learning activities;
  • The impact of entrepreneurship education and training;
  • Entrepreneurship as a capacity for lifelong learning;
  • Entrepreneurship in the context of vocational training;
  • Entrepreneurship and priorities for personal and career development.

The previous subjects indicate but not exhaust the relevance of education and learning to entrepreneurship. The main aim of the workshop is to discuss how recent developments in entrepreneurship studies explain business venturing and how they advance the fostering of entrepreneurial mindsets through teaching.

 
 
Important Dates
 
Abstract submission:  March 10 March 26
Notification of acceptance:  April 14
Full paper submission: May 19 June 10
Early registration: April 30 May 20
Late registration: May 29 June 15
 
Download the Call for Papers- PDF format here.
 

Are entrepreneurs successful because they are special or special because they are successful?

 

Dimo Dimov


Entrepreneurs are obsessed maniacs and clairvoyant oracles in that they are truly engrossed in making their vision a success, capable to see earlier and more clearly than most where the real business opportunities lie and capable to infect others with their enthusiasm and passion about the mission they pursue.

... academics should be entrepreneurs of the mind in the business of growing people intellectually and spiritually.

Elias Carayannis

A "call to action" is issued to psychologists to develop theory and undertake empirical research focusing on five key topic areas: the personality characteristics of entrepreneurs, the psychopathology of entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial cognition, entrepreneurship education, and international entrepreneurship

Robert Hisrich et al.

 
Publication

Workshop proceedings will include all accepted, oral or poster, papers.
Proceedings will be available at the workshop website and at Google Scholar

Potential publication opportunities:

Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Journal of the Knowledge Economy International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship