• Abstract

    THE CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A SCIENTIFIC FIELD

    Published date: 24/02/2017
    The main objective of this work is to outline the longitudinal evolution of the conceptual dimension of education for entrepreneurship as a scientific field, and its characterization in the form of stages between the years 1990 and 2013. The study relied on co-word analysis to describe the invisible thematic interactions that exist between diferente time stages of the evolutionary process of education for entrepreneurship. For the bibliometric analysis, a sample was used consisting of 274 ISI articles published in major online newspapers, internationally recognized by the scientific community, indexed to Web of Science platform. The results reveal na eclectic, multifaceted and interdisciplinar field that has gone through the stages of embryonic growth, to maturity, and scientific maturity. The result also suggest important links between education for entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial intentions, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, the development of entrepreneurial skills, and cultural context.

Revista Alcance

Revista Alcance is a Brazilian free access journal, published every four months, linked to the Graduate Program in Administration and the Professional Master’s degree in Administration, Internationalization and Logistics Program of the University of Vale do Itajaí – Univali. We seek to publish theoretical-empirical and technological articles in the areas of Business Administration. Different theoretical and methodological perspectives are welcome, as long as they are consistent with and relevant to the development of the area.

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