Insights into an Action-Oriented Training Program to Promote Sustainable Entrepreneurship
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Transforming Entrepreneurship Education: Interdisciplinary Insights on Innovative Methods and Formats. ed. / Jantje Halberstadt; Antonieta Alcorta de Bronstein; Jean Greyling; Shaun Bissett. Cham: Springer Schweiz, 2023. p. 87-101.
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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
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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 -