STUDENT START-UPS: The New Landscape of Academic Entrepreneurship

by Mike Wright, Philippe Mustar, Donald S Siegel (Editor)

Overview

There has been a substantial rise in the number of entrepreneurship courses and programs at colleges and universities. Despite the rapid rise of undergraduate entrepreneurship, there have been few academic studies of this phenomenon. Little is known about the antecedents and consequences of these activities. Student Start-Ups: The New Landscape of Academic Entrepreneurship is the first book of its kind on student entrepreneurship. It sets out to provide a structured approach to understanding the development of the phenomenon by synthesizing and offering the best available quantitative data and new case studies from a range of countries and universities. In doing so, they present the evolution of different models of student entrepreneurship with insights and implications for practice, policy and research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811208126
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/29/2019
Series:	WS SERIES ON PUBLIC POLICY & TECH INNOVATION , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	200
File size:	1 MB

Table of Contents

The Growing Phenomenon of Student Entrepreneurship; Models for Managing Student Entrepreneurship Activities; Entrepreneurship Education; Financing Student Startups: The Diverse Funding Landscape; Student Startups and the Changing Context of Academic Entrepreneurship; Universities and Student Entrepreneurs: Managerial and Policy Recommendations