Some Research Perspectives on Entrepreneurship Education, Enterprise Education and Education for Small Business Management: A Ten-Year Literature Review
Abstract
GARY GORMAN IS AN ASSOCIATE DEAN AND associate professor and Dennis Hanlon an assistant professor at the Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University ofNewfoundland, Canada, and Wayne King is director of the P. J. Gardiner Institute for Small Business Studies as well as an assistant professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland. This paper reviews the literature in the areas of entrepreneurship education, enterprise education and education for small business management. The review covers the period from 1985 to 1994 inclusive and is limited to mainstream journals that focus on entrepreneurship and small business. Theoretical and empirical papers are examined from the perspective of content and market focus. The paper also suggests directions for future research.
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Prior studies often use inconsistent measures of entrepreneurial success, such as entrepreneurial intentions and start-ups.
“Prior studies often use inconsistent measures of entrepreneurial success, examining factors such as entrepreneurial intentions (Krueger Jr et al., 2000;Zhao et al., 2005) and entrepreneurial start-ups (Gorman et al., 1997;Katz, 2007;Pittaway & Cope, 2007).”
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“Moreover, most articles have used terms like entrepreneurship education, enterprise education, or even entrepreneurial education, interchangeably (Gorman et al., 1997; Hynes, 1996; Wai & Man, 2007).”
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- Authors
- Gorman, G., Hanlon, D., & King, W.
- Venue
- International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1997-04
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 56-77
- ISSN
- 0266-2426 (ISSN-L)
- 1741-2870
- OpenAlex
- W2063863171
- Cited by
- 1,105
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 48 · 2023: 46 · 2022: 47 · 2021: 45 · 2020: 76 · 2019: 53 · 2018: 62 · 2017: 63 · 2016: 58 · 2015: 71 · 2014: 75 · 2013: 64 · 2012: 82
- FWCI
- 15.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
- Social Sciences › Education › Vocational and Entrepreneurial Education
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Management and Marketing Education
- Keywords
- entrepreneurship education, enterprise education, small business, research directions
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