Leveraging university-industry collaborative entrepreneurship education in the digital era: a systematic review

Abstract

University-Industry (U-I) collaborative entrepreneurship education has emerged as a potential solution that enables the industry to access academic knowledge while providing university students with opportunities to supplement their classroom instruction with practical experience. This study aims to systematise the most relevant U-I collaborative entrepreneurship education literature, trends, and dynamics. Based on a sample of 67 articles extracted from the WoS database and through the application of bibliographic analyses, the results show six main thematic clusters: 1) entrepreneurship teaching and learning; 2) learning-by-doing curricula; 3) student entrepreneurial motivation, intention, and self-efficacy; 4) higher education institutions entrepreneurial cultivation; 5) entrepreneurship education and training pedagogy; 6) digital integration. Furthermore, an integrative framework illustrating different research paths and their interconnectedness was developed. Directions for future research to advance academic understanding of U-I collaborative entrepreneurship education were advanced. © © 2024 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

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Author Keywords

digital transformation Entrepreneurial education collaborative entrepreneurship education UI university-industry

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Author Affiliations

Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal, Research Centre in Digital Services, Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Viseu, Viseu, Portugal

Research Centre in Digital Services, Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Viseu, Viseu, Portugal, NECE, Covilha, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Funding & Acknowledgements

Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, IPV

This work is funded by National Funds through the FCT \u2013 Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., within the scope of the project Ref. UIDB/05583/2020. Furthermore, we would like to thank the Research Centre in Digital Services (CISeD) and the Instituto Polit\u00E9cnico de Viseu for their support.

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, FCT

Grant: UIDB/05583/2020

This work is funded by National Funds through the FCT \u2013 Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., within the scope of the project Ref. UIDB/05583/2020. Furthermore, we would like to thank the Research Centre in Digital Services (CISeD) and the Instituto Polit\u00E9cnico de Viseu for their support.

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, FCT

This work is funded by National Funds through the FCT \u2013 Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., within the scope of the project Ref. UIDB/05583/2020. Furthermore, we would like to thank the Research Centre in Digital Services (CISeD) and the Instituto Polit\u00E9cnico de Viseu for their support.

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Leveraging university-industry collaborative entrepreneurship education in the digital era: a systematic review

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