Publisher's Synopsis
The impetus to develop and modernise has been particularly strong in post Colonial, and more recently, post Communist states. The entrepreneur is increasingly seen as playing an important role in the process of economic development and social change. The entrepreneurial role has been linked to employment and wealth creation, poverty alleviation and raising living standards. The entrepreneur also draws upon social resources, and by bridging traditional and modern value systems, changes the social environment. - - Entrepreneurial processes, it could be argued, occur naturally in a modernising economy and society. There is concern, however, that natural processes are not fast enough to reverse accelerating problems of underdevelopment. Entrepreneurship education and training could be effective in increasing entrepreneurial supply, enhancing entrepreneurial skills, and contributing to the development of a more enterprising society. - - Entrepreneurial education and training is a relatively new field of interest, and best practice is being debated and assessed. New models of education and training are constantly evolving. Many of these developments have occurred in developed countries. For modernising economies, the appropriateness and transferability of these models is an important problem. - - Topics include the creation of enterprise awareness; the transfer of training for women; the effectiveness of enterprise training and support services for small businesses and proactive methods of entrepreneurship teaching and learning in Eastern Europe. The book develops these themes through contributions by academics and practitioners on their experience of promoting education and training in developing countries. Contributors from developed countries discuss the problems they experienced in transferring entrepreneurship education to developing countries. Contributors from Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia draw on their own indigenous research and development and provide an interesting appraisal of the problems of promoting entrepreneurship education in their countries.
