Great Debates in Entrepreneurship

This volume collects selected formal debates on entrepreneurship education that participants at various conferences engaged in. Among the topics are keeping it real: the benefits of experiential teaching methods in meeting the objectives of entrepreneurship education, whether the business plan is really dead and whether it should be: a case for the lean start-up approach, why aspiring entrepreneurs should not major in entrepreneurship, and whether university entrepreneurship centers should be controlled centrally: lessons learned in transitioning from a business school to a centralized center.

• Introduction: TheGreat Debates in Entrepreneurship; DonaldF. Kuratko, Indiana University & Sherry Hoskinson, University of Delaware Why Content andLecture Matter in Entrepreneurship Education; Michael H. Morris, University of FloridaKeeping It Real:The benefits of experiential teaching methods in meeting the objectives of entrepreneurship education; JaimeL. Williams & Richard J. Gentry; University of Mississippi Is the Business Plan Really Dead and Should it Be?: ACase for the Lean Startup Approach; Alex F. DeNoble, SanDiego State University & Ted D. Zoller,University of North Carolinaat Chapel Hill EntrepreneurialEcosystems: Weak Metaphor or Genuine Concept?; Xaver Neumeyer, University of North Dakota & Andrew C. Corbett; Babson College Gazelle Solutionvs. Portfolio Thinking; Donald F. Kuratko & Elise N. Hudson,Indiana University Aspiring EntrepreneursShould Not Major in Entrepreneurship; AlexanderZorychta, University of VirginiaValuing a BachelorDegree in Entrepreneurship – The LMU Experience; DavidY. Choi, Jason D’Mello,& Darlene Fukuji; LoyolaMarymount University Should UniversityEntrepreneurship Centers be Controlled Centrally? Lessons Learned from Transitioning from aBusiness School to a Centralized Center; Jeanne M. Hossenlopp, Marquette University B School, E School or D School: Does EntrepreneurshipProgram Location Matter or Is It the Ecosystem that Counts?; Jeffrey S.Hornsby, University of Missouri-Kansas City