We employ bibliometric methods to provide insights and quantitative data about academic publications on sustainable entrepreneurship education in field-specific entrepreneurship journals. We identify 147 publications in journals acknowledged as Entrepreneurship and small business management outlets in the Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2021. The analysis reveals that field-specific entrepreneurship journals play a significant role in driving conversations on sustainable entrepreneurship education. However, there are selective citation practices that concentrate attention on a few high-impact journals. The analysis also identifies four conceptual themes prevalent in the field, focusing on entrepreneurial intention, small business success factors, social entrepreneurship, and institutional aspects of sustainable entrepreneurship education. Additionally, the analysis highlights influential works and research themes within sustainable entrepreneurship education. Overall, our review and analysis emphasize the need for a multidimensional approach that combines bibliometric analysis with qualitative assessments for a comprehensive evaluation of the field.

Alumni engagement plays a crucial role in driving innovation in university-based entrepreneurship ecosystems. We employ an inductive, informant-centric research design to explore the processual dynamics surrounding the early alumni engagement of entrepreneurship graduates and how these translate into enterprising behaviors that foster technology transfer and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship. Our inductive analysis advances the theoretical understanding of the beginning phases of the alumni engagement process among entrepreneurship graduates, the key drivers that make them gravitate toward different forms of alumni engagement, and the role and impact of their engagement in the surrounding ecosystem. © 2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

This study explores when and why entrepreneurs choose entrepreneurial learning strategies that emphasize exploration or exploitation. Most studies have focused on explaining the different characteristics of exploration and exploitation, their performance implications, whether they are complementarities or substitutes and how particular organizational structures can support their coexistence. We apply a process design building on four research-based spinoffs observing how changes in entrepreneurs’ choices of exploration and exploitation occur as they identify and adopt a viable configuration for their ventures. In this study, we develop a theoretical model that reveals the situational conditions and mechanisms underlying entrepreneurs’ learning choices and highlights different knowledge typologies and competence gaps that new venture teams need to fill when dealing with uncertainties and performance errors. © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Despite their detrimental circumstances, the number of refugee-owned businesses is on the rise-a situation referred to as “the paradox of refugee entrepreneurship.” However, a key question is how refugees, having undergone extreme life disruption due to war, conflict, and forced displacement, fare as entrepreneurs in their host country. Extant studies do not address this question, as they primarily focus on factors determining refugees’ entrepreneurial entry. We extend current research, which predominantly focuses on the antecedents of refugee entrepreneurship, with a processual approach that captures refugees’ entrepreneurial journey. Drawing on inductive theory-building analysis and extensive data gathered from 40 in-depth interviews with 21 recently arrived Syrians in Sweden, our dynamic model provides a thorough examination of the tactics and procedures that refugees employ to create and grow their businesses. This research contributes to the advancement of existing theory by introducing a comprehensive model that delves into the intricacies of refugee entrepreneurship, outlining the distinct phases, detailing the underlying mechanisms for each phase, and identifying the critical factors that drive progress from one stage to the next. Our findings offer valuable insights for initiatives seeking to provide support and encouragement to refugee entrepreneurs, thereby fostering their success and empowering them to reach their full potential. © 2023 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG