Collaboration in entrepreneurship education: challenges, opportunities and innovations

Abstract

This introduction to the Special Issue sketches out some potential areas for collaboration and innovation in the various domains of entrepreneurship education and the entrepreneurial university. It introduces the articles included in the Special Issue and briefly describes how they provide valuable insights into the variety of forms of collaboration that are of relevance to entrepreneurship education in a range of contexts. The authors provide different perspectives on the challenges facing entrepreneurship education and HEIs, different forms of collaboration, and different opportunities for innovation that may arise as a result. The Special Issue includes international examples of such innovations in entrepreneurship education with a view to establishing fresh ideas and insights that may be of wider application within the education, entrepreneurship, HEI, and policy communities.