Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurial Learning
Published on 2. June 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
330 pages
978-1-0494-1928-2 (ISBN)
Description
This timely Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research, empirical advances and insights in the field of entrepreneurial learning. It identifies critical gaps and avenues for future scholarly inquiry and presents a comprehensive, well-informed overview of the field to guide academic discourse and real-world entrepreneurial development initiatives.
The Handbook features contributions from leading experts from across the globe to further the field's understanding of how entrepreneurs develop the necessary knowledge, skills and mindset to start and grow successful businesses. It explores environmental, organisational and individual factors that shape the entrepreneurial learning process. By shedding light on these contextual elements, the Handbook equips scholars and practitioners with a nuanced and well-rounded grasp of how to learn and develop over time.
The Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurial Learning is a valuable resource for scholars, researchers and students of business management, entrepreneurship and organisational innovation. Entrepreneurship educators, programme developers, business consultants and advisors, policymakers and entrepreneurs will also benefit from the applied nature of the text.
The Handbook features contributions from leading experts from across the globe to further the field's understanding of how entrepreneurs develop the necessary knowledge, skills and mindset to start and grow successful businesses. It explores environmental, organisational and individual factors that shape the entrepreneurial learning process. By shedding light on these contextual elements, the Handbook equips scholars and practitioners with a nuanced and well-rounded grasp of how to learn and develop over time.
The Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurial Learning is a valuable resource for scholars, researchers and students of business management, entrepreneurship and organisational innovation. Entrepreneurship educators, programme developers, business consultants and advisors, policymakers and entrepreneurs will also benefit from the applied nature of the text.
Reviews / Votes
'This book contributes significantly to research on entrepreneurial learning by offering a review of the development of this field and by bringing together top scholars to present their state-of-the-art contributions in this research domain. The book will certainly stimulate entrepreneurial learning research in the years to come.' -- Ulla Hytti, University of Turku, Finland 'Research about entrepreneurial learning has advanced significantly over the last two decades. This Handbook contributes by bringing this disparate knowledge together in one place. It offers updates from conceptual, cognitive, behavioral, and pedagogical perspectives. The book is a well-crafted collection from leading thinkers and a must-read for researchers and educators.' -- Luke Pittaway, Ohio University, USAMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0494-1928-2 (9781049419282)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Edited by Diamanto Politis, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Sten K. Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Sweden, Lise Aaboen, Professor of Technology-Based Entrepreneurship, Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway and Jonas Gabrielsson, Professor of Business Administration, School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability, Halmstad University, Sweden
Content
Contents
1 Introduction to the handbook of research on entrepreneurial learning 1
Lise Aaboen, Jonas Gabrielsson and Diamanto Politis
PART I CONCEPTUAL AND INTEGRATIVE FRAMEWORKS
2 Understanding intrapreneurial learning 25
Nataliya Galan
3 Entrepreneurial learning insights from the context of social entrepreneurship 39
Dante Di Gregorio, Joel Ryman and Karla Corres Luna
4 Assessing entrepreneurial learning 56
Sandrine Le Pontois and Stephane Foliard
5 Learning in entrepreneurial ecosystems 76
Indu Khurana and Dev K. Dutta
6 Revisiting the classics 90
Agnieszka Kurczewska
PART II COGNITIONS AND BEHAVIORS
7 Experiential learning style and entrepreneurial opportunity perception 102
Alexandros Kakouris, Panagiotis Liargovas and Heather Fulford
8 Embracing an entrepreneurial identity through entrepreneurial learning 117
Gunn-Berit Neergard and Torgeir Aadland
9 Myself, my relationships with others, and who I want to be 131
Matteo Opizzi, Alessia Pinna and Michela Loi
10 Entrepreneurial learning among novice entrepreneurs in the tourism industry 156
Solvi Solvoll, Sanna Ilonen and Dag Hakon Haneberg
PART III COLLABORATIONS AND COMMUNITIES
11 Creating communities of practice with established entrepreneurs 173
Lisa Anderson and Allan Macpherson
12 Learning within an early-stage entrepreneurial community 188
Servane Delanoe-Gueguen and Gael Gueguen
13 Entrepreneurs' social skill-set and entrepreneurial learning 204
Wadid Lamine, Sarah Jack, Alain Fayolle and Sarfraz Mian
14 Entrepreneurial learning through mentoring 221
Etienne St-Jean and Soumaya Meddeb
PART IV PEDAGOGIES AND CURRICULA
15 Emancipatory entrepreneurship education through critical pedagogy 243
Charlotte Felix-Faure and Alain Fayolle
16 Entrepreneurial (un)learning through games 255
Julie Hermans, Amelie Jacquemin and Emilie Malcourant
17 Hybridizing entrepreneurial learning 268
Joseph Tixier
18 Assessment and feedback of entrepreneurial learning outcomes 284
Breda Kenny, Helen McGuirk and Therese Moylan
1 Introduction to the handbook of research on entrepreneurial learning 1
Lise Aaboen, Jonas Gabrielsson and Diamanto Politis
PART I CONCEPTUAL AND INTEGRATIVE FRAMEWORKS
2 Understanding intrapreneurial learning 25
Nataliya Galan
3 Entrepreneurial learning insights from the context of social entrepreneurship 39
Dante Di Gregorio, Joel Ryman and Karla Corres Luna
4 Assessing entrepreneurial learning 56
Sandrine Le Pontois and Stephane Foliard
5 Learning in entrepreneurial ecosystems 76
Indu Khurana and Dev K. Dutta
6 Revisiting the classics 90
Agnieszka Kurczewska
PART II COGNITIONS AND BEHAVIORS
7 Experiential learning style and entrepreneurial opportunity perception 102
Alexandros Kakouris, Panagiotis Liargovas and Heather Fulford
8 Embracing an entrepreneurial identity through entrepreneurial learning 117
Gunn-Berit Neergard and Torgeir Aadland
9 Myself, my relationships with others, and who I want to be 131
Matteo Opizzi, Alessia Pinna and Michela Loi
10 Entrepreneurial learning among novice entrepreneurs in the tourism industry 156
Solvi Solvoll, Sanna Ilonen and Dag Hakon Haneberg
PART III COLLABORATIONS AND COMMUNITIES
11 Creating communities of practice with established entrepreneurs 173
Lisa Anderson and Allan Macpherson
12 Learning within an early-stage entrepreneurial community 188
Servane Delanoe-Gueguen and Gael Gueguen
13 Entrepreneurs' social skill-set and entrepreneurial learning 204
Wadid Lamine, Sarah Jack, Alain Fayolle and Sarfraz Mian
14 Entrepreneurial learning through mentoring 221
Etienne St-Jean and Soumaya Meddeb
PART IV PEDAGOGIES AND CURRICULA
15 Emancipatory entrepreneurship education through critical pedagogy 243
Charlotte Felix-Faure and Alain Fayolle
16 Entrepreneurial (un)learning through games 255
Julie Hermans, Amelie Jacquemin and Emilie Malcourant
17 Hybridizing entrepreneurial learning 268
Joseph Tixier
18 Assessment and feedback of entrepreneurial learning outcomes 284
Breda Kenny, Helen McGuirk and Therese Moylan