Entrepreneurship Education, Innovation and Student Empowerment: Innovation in the EU (Routledge Focus on Business and Management)

A scholarly work that explores the intersection of entrepreneurship education, innovation, and student empowerment within the European Union, this book investigates the transition from student to entrepreneur. It provides an in-depth analysis of the theoretical and empirical aspects of entrepreneurship education. With a field approach, including case studies and a quantitative review of university-level entrepreneurship courses across Europe, it offers a robust framework for fostering entrepreneurial skills and understanding how entrepreneurship education fosters innovation within the EU. It explores key factors driving student entrepreneurship, offering insights into the development of essential competencies such as soft skills, technical knowledge, and interpersonal abilities. Through practical applications, the book bridges the gap between education, research, and practice, providing practical recommendations for enhancing entrepreneurship education across Europe. Targeted towards academics, postgraduate students, and practitioners interested in entrepreneurship, edutech, and educational dynamics, it is particularly relevant to scholars in entrepreneurship education and innovation, offering valuable insights into how to empower students and foster entrepreneurial ecosystems in the EU.

Chapters 4 adn 5 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Chiara Bartoli is Research Fellow at the Research Center in Strategic Change “Franco Fontana” at LUISS Guido Carli University. She is Adjunct Professor of Corporate Strategy and Megatrends at LUISS Guido Carli University. Her research interests include digital entrepreneurship, strategic agility, new technologies, and business model innovation with a focus on Web 3.0, metaverse, artificial intelligence, and blockchain.

Federica Brunetta is Associate Professor of Management. She teaches general management, strategy, economics of strategy, and business transformation at Luiss Business School and at the Department of Business and Management at Luiss Guido Carli University. She is Head of Executive Masters of Luiss Business School and Vice Director of the Research Centre in Strategic Change “Franco Fontana” of Luiss University. Her research interests are focused on the study of strategies in highly regulated environments, digitalization and business transformation, and network analysis. Her works are published, among others, in Organization Studies, Journal of Business Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Technological Forecasting, and Social Change.