Entrepreneurship and innovation for Engineers: an integrated approach in entrepreneurship education

Abstract

Growth in educational programs focusing on entrepreneurship has been striking in the last decade. At the end of the 20th century, entrepreneurship programs continued to grow and gain legitimacy within the world of academics, although in many places the programs struggled to find legitimacy as a respected subject of study and research. The typical home for entrepreneurship programs has been in schools of business and/or engineering colleges. Undergraduates and graduate students studying business and undergraduates studying engineering have had increasing opportunities to study topics related to the entrepreneurial career track (as opposed to the corporate track). The entrepreneurship education they gain while in college will enable them to be flexible and agile in the workplace. What is it about entrepreneurship education in particular that helps students become leaders, innovators and creative problem-solvers? This paper aims to provide an entrepreneurship education framework using MAIR model.