TY - CHAP

T1 - Insights into an Action-Oriented Training Program to Promote Sustainable Entrepreneurship

AU - Bohlayer, Carina

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023. This book is an open access publication.

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - Recent research has highlighted the ability of entrepreneurs to create sustainable impact and bring about the change required for solving today’s social and environmental challenges. It has also been pointed out that existing entrepreneurship training programs need to be transformed to effectively promote individuals in tackling these challenges and contributing to sustainable development. To address this matter, I developed a training course on sustainable entrepreneurship that builds on an action-oriented entrepreneurship training program (Student Training for Entrepreneurial Promotion (STEP)), which has been shown to increase short- and long-term entrepreneurial actions among students in various contexts. I integrated sustainability as a crosscutting theme into the training program to empower individuals to identify sustainable business opportunities and manage the increasing complexity of sustainable ventures. Pilot studies in Uganda and South Africa show promising results, indicating that STEP Sustainability (STEP S) can increase students’ sustainability-oriented and entrepreneurial mindsets.

AB - Recent research has highlighted the ability of entrepreneurs to create sustainable impact and bring about the change required for solving today’s social and environmental challenges. It has also been pointed out that existing entrepreneurship training programs need to be transformed to effectively promote individuals in tackling these challenges and contributing to sustainable development. To address this matter, I developed a training course on sustainable entrepreneurship that builds on an action-oriented entrepreneurship training program (Student Training for Entrepreneurial Promotion (STEP)), which has been shown to increase short- and long-term entrepreneurial actions among students in various contexts. I integrated sustainability as a crosscutting theme into the training program to empower individuals to identify sustainable business opportunities and manage the increasing complexity of sustainable ventures. Pilot studies in Uganda and South Africa show promising results, indicating that STEP Sustainability (STEP S) can increase students’ sustainability-oriented and entrepreneurial mindsets.

KW - Entrepreneurship

KW - sustainable entrepreneurship

KW - entrepreneurship training

KW - Action-oriented training

KW - Sustainable development

KW - Management studies

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/8871931c-5e9a-37da-9fcd-02f0bbfb3378/

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85161920479&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-11578-3_6

DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-11578-3_6

M3 - Chapter

SN - 978-3-031-11577-6

SN - 978-3-031-11580-6

SP - 87

EP - 101

BT - Transforming Entrepreneurship Education

A2 - Halberstadt, Jantje

A2 - Bronstein, Antonieta Alcorta de

A2 - Greyling, Jean

A2 - Bissett, Shaun

PB - Springer Schweiz

CY - Cham

ER -