Education and training for entrepreneurs: a consideration of initiatives in Ireland and The Netherlands

De Faoite, Diarmuid and Henry, Colette and Johnston, Kate and Sijde van der, Peter (2003) Education and training for entrepreneurs: a consideration of initiatives in Ireland and The Netherlands. Education + Training, 45 (8-9). pp. 430-438. ISSN 0040-0912

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Abstract:	A growing body of academic research has examined the effectiveness of entrepreneurship training and support initiatives, with recent studies focusing on the provision of training and other skills development opportunities. An important theme that has emerged from this work is the failure of many programmes and initiatives to take on board the particular needs of the entrepreneurs in developing training and support systems. By extending research in this area, this article considers the importance of education and training to the economy and focuses on the particular value of entrepreneurship education and training. Some of the fundamental themes in the literature are reviewed, including the difficulties involved in categorising entrepreneurship education and training; the issue of whether or not entrepreneurship can be taught; the content of entrepreneurship programmes and the cultural and evaluative considerations. The article discusses and compares training and support provision for entrepreneurs in Ireland and The Netherlands.
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Research Group:	Knowledge intensive entrepreneurship, strategic market oriented and International management (NIKOS)
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