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Impact of Entrepreneurship Education: A Comparative Study of the U.S. and Korea

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Over the last two decades, entrepreneurship has emerged as a mainstream business discipline in the United States. Even after the collapse of the dotcom phenomenon, the global explosion of e-business and new business opportunities created by advances in information and telecommunication technologies (ICT) have widely popularized entrepreneurship for new venture creation. But while entrepreneurship is becoming more prevalent throughout the world, its education by country differs according to cultural context. This paper presents the results of a study on the impact of entrepreneurship education in the U.S. and Korea.

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  1. Department of Management, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 209 CBA, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0491

    Sang M. Lee (University Eminent Scholar and Chair)

  2. School of Business Administration, Kyonggi University, Korea

    Daesung Chang (Professor)

  3. SUNY-Geneseo, Jones School of Business, USA

    Seong-bae Lim (Assistant Professor)

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Lee, S.M., Chang, D. & Lim, Sb. Impact of Entrepreneurship Education: A Comparative Study of the U.S. and Korea. Entrepreneurship Mgt. 1, 27–43 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-005-6674-2

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