Incorporating Learning through Doing in Entrepreneurship Education: The Case of an University Industry Alliance in Asia

• Main Authors: TAN, Wee Liang, MONTGOMERY, David B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2007
• Subjects: Education; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/232; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/1231/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

With the developments in Asia, there is little doubt that entrepreneurship education would make it way across from the West to Asia. However, the form and manner it takes may differ because of the context and the definition of entrepreneurship adopted. With the differences in Asia and development of entrepreneurship policies adopted by the Asian policymakers, entrepreneurship education has variations across Asia. This paper outlines one such development in a new university in Singapore, involving the university with an industry alliance.