It is extremely satisfying to take action and turn one’s ideas into a successful business. Entrepreneurship can help people build careers that are directly in line with their values, like helping others or preserving the environment, and thus provide a physical and mental sense of fulfillment that many other careers can’t.
Entrepreneurship is a social process, which involves complex interactions between humans and the social context that they live in, play, and learn. As a result, it is often thought of as an important field of research for the social sciences. It is also an inter-disciplinary field that draws upon the disciplines of anthropology, law and public policy, as well as sociology and management.
In this article, we map the research on the entrepreneurship education of non-business students and propose an integrated framework for the existing research based on four dimensions of social learning: observational learning, the role of mentors and peers as well as the entrepreneurial ecosystem as a tool for social learning, and the role of institutions in influences on learning. We then discuss how this framework can be utilized in a more systematic manner to guide research and development of education for entrepreneurs in the near future. We also published here present a detailed bibliographic analysis, aided by VOSviewer, Bibliometrix and highlighting the most prominent authors and institutions including countries, seminars, seminars, journals and themes. This gives a complete and deep understanding of the present state of the field. The analysis also gives information on future research areas and knowledge gaps.