Innovation in Global Entrepreneurship Education: Babson Collaborative and International Comparison

Abstract

As entrepreneurship education grows across disciplines and permeates through various areas of university programs, this timely symposium offers an interdisciplinary, comparative and global perspective on best practices and new insights for the field. Through the theoretical lens of collaborative partnerships, it examines innovative practices of entrepreneurship education and advances understanding of the discipline. Exploring and showcasing how global collaboration can foster entrepreneurship education, international contributors share their experiences as educators, scholars and thought-leaders involved in the Babson Collaborative for Entrepreneurship Education – a global institutional membership organization connecting universities around the world that are building and expanding their entrepreneurship ecosystems. Presenters will illustrate the challenges faced by educators and creative methods for tackling them, offering useful insights from a range of disciplinary perspectives in an international comparison. Highlighting the significance of the field to higher education environments, this symposium encourages active participation in entrepreneurial practice and collaboration between stakeholders and disciplines to ensure high-quality education in a variety of settings. Our symposium will be a rousing and inspiring view of entrepreneurship education for scholars and academic entrepreneurs who are working to build robust education ecosystems in the field. In this symposium, we include six papers that explore (1) the contextual factors and (2) the managerial and policy implications of entrepreneurship education from an international comparative perspective. Following the six presentations, Candy Brush, one leading entrepreneurship scholar and a major contributor in entrepreneurship research, and Lise Aaboen, Chair of Teaching and Learning Conference at AOM will serve as the discussants to provide both theoretical and practical suggestions on the role of entrepreneurship education in shaping the evolutionary path of entrepreneurial ecosystems and implications for policy. From incubator to full internal entrepreneurship education ecosystem: the example of TBS Presenter: Servane Delanoe-Gueguen; Toulouse Business School Presenter: Christina Theodoraki; Toulouse Business School Tracking the entrepreneurial journey from inspiration to perspiration Presenter: Colin Donaldson; EDEM Business School Presenter: Jorge Villagrasa; EDEM Business School Revitalizing the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem at Universidad de Piura Presenter: Álvaro Tresierra; Incubadora HUB UDEP Presenter: María Mercedes Henri; Incubadora HUB UDEP Presenter: Carlos Rodrich; UDEP Presenter: Cinthya Posso; Incubadora HUB UDEP Presenter: Eddie Valdiviezo; Hub Udep Presenter: Nicolas Vasquez; Incubadora HUB UDEP Dynamism of entrepreneurship education: role of an entrepreneurship educator in an emerging economy Presenter: Abhinav Chaturvedi; Bennett U., India The development of high-potential intrapreneurs: an executive education approach to drive innovation Presenter: Cris Bravo Monge; U. of Guelph Presenter: Cristian Granados; Tecnologico de Monterrey Responsible entrepreneurship: a new challenge for entrepreneurship education and training Presenter: Matthias Pepin; FSA ULaval (Laval U.) Presenter: Maripier Tremblay; U. Laval Presenter: Luc K. Audebrand; FSA ULaval (Laval U.)