Academic and Educational Entrepreneurship: Foundations in Theory and Lessons from Practice (Springer Texts in Business and Economics)

The editors and authors of this textbook introduce the relatively new subject of “academic and educational entrepreneurship” from a holistic viewpoint. Following a structured approach suitable for the classroom, the book opens with a concise introduction to the theories and schools of thoughts in the context of academic and educational entrepreneurship. It then reveals seven scientifically developed key aspects (including sustainability, internationalization, and cultural components) in order to be a successful academic and educational entrepreneur. After the theoretical background, the authors, who are the doyens of academic and educational entrepreneurship, share their insights and professional experiences with the readers by demonstrating the impact and relevance of the theoretical concepts to the actual entrepreneurial experience.

Mehtap Aldogan Eklund is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (USA). She is also one of the regional governance partners at the International Board Foundation (BF) in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Her areas of expertise are corporate governance, executive compensation, entrepreneurship, financial accounting, IFRS, and managerial accounting. She is also the author of the book Fairness of CEO Compensation (Springer, 2019)

Gabrielle Wanzenried is a professor of finance and real estate at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland HES-SO. She has lectured various courses in entrepreneurship, corporate finance, and real estate. In addition, she has published several books and numerous peer-reviewed journal articles so far. Her research areas are entrepreneurship, corporate finance, real estate, and the economics of aging.