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Embedding entrepreneurship education in non-business courses: A systematic review and guidelines for practice

Management Learning
Journal · Vol. 55 · Issue 4 · pp. 553-575
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The past decade has seen increased interest in entrepreneurship education outside business schools, driven both by changes in market demand and governmental policies. This has led to an expansion of embedded entrepreneurship education, where entrepreneurship is included as part of existing, non-business courses. Using the context-intervention-outcome-mechanism framework, we systematically review 33 cases of embedded entrepreneurship education programs to understand where, how, and with what outcomes such initiatives were implemented. Our analysis identifies four mechanisms, which explain how embedded entrepreneurship education functions: individual, team-based, organizational, and multi-organizational. Our analysis points to three key recommendations for embedded entrepreneurship education practice and three related avenues for future research: considering program scalability, intended outcomes and misaligned pedagogical models, and contextual diversity. © The Author(s) 2023.

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Entrepreneurship education Systematic literature review CIMO framework embedded entrepreneurship education

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Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Cluj Napoca, Cluj, Romania
The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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