A conceptual framework for entrepreneurship education policy: meeting government and economic purposes
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2013
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O'Connor, A.
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Journal of Business Venturing, 2013; 28(4):546-563
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Allan O'Connor
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There is an increasing tendency for government policy to promote entrepreneurship for its apparent economic benefit. Accordingly, governments seek to employ entrepreneurship education as a means to stimulate increased levels of economic activity. However, the economic benefit of entrepreneurship education has proven difficult to substantiate. It is perceived that the problem is partly due to the multi-definitional perspectives of entrepreneurship. What stems from this is a lack of a theoretically sound conceptual grounding that will assist policy-makers and educators to locate a program within specific objectives. This article sets out an argument, extending from economic theory, to provide purpose for entrepreneurship education and proposes a policy framework supported by analysis of the Australian government policy context. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.
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© 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.