What is it about?

The overall objective of the current study is to explore how universities can better developing new educational services. The purpose of this paper is to develop framework for technology entrepreneurship education (TEPE) within universities. This study offers three principal contributions: first, development of framework for the Technology entrepreneurship education TEPE from all perspectives within universities as TEPE differentiates from other entrepreneurship education types; second, development of an uncommon concept of new educational services in the marketing literature that is incoherent and lacks theoretical models that reflect good practice of entrepreneurship education; third, identification best practices of TEPE in universities by reviewing and analyzing policy and continuing to experiment.

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Why is it important?

This study developed framework for TEPE within universities from three aspects (center for innovation and entrepreneurship (CIE), technology entrepreneurship professors/educators, and technology entrepreneurship programs/courses). Technology entrepreneurship education TEPE will have an impact at the individual and enterprise. It prepares students to be responsible, enterprising individuals who become entrepreneurs, enhances life skills and life learning experiences and contributes to economic development and sustainable communities; at the enterprise level, this education is expected to create and operate a new venture, help innovation, enhance the level of competitiveness, and develop a more practical entrepreneurial environment. It is important for practitioners and policy makers to gain insights on how academic entrepreneurship support works elsewhere as inspiration for the further development of their approaches. Technology entrepreneurship education TEPE can assist in obtaining higher economic growth and sustainable development, in keeping up with the fast pace of an open-market capitalist society and in promoting self-employment and training, which all lead to the reduction of unemployment.

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Prof. Sherein Hamed Abou-Warda is a Professor of Business Administration and Deputy Dean, Faculty of Commerce, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt. She holds a PhD Degree in Business Administration. She worked as a Head of Business Administration Department, Director of Quality Assurance Centre, Coordinator of Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO) and Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, Kafrelsheikh University. Prof. Warda is presently a reviewer at Journal of Higher Education Research & Development, International Journal of Productivity and Performance, Journal of Educational Research, and International Journal of Management Education. Her previous publications are papers titled: “Mediation Effect of sustainability competencies on the relation between barriers and project Sustainability”, Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal; “A synthesis model of sustainable market orientation: conceptualization, measurement, and influence on academic accreditation”, Journal of Marketing for Higher Education; Entrepreneurial orientation in business schools: a comparative study of higher education systems in Egypt”, International Journal of Educational Management; Technology; “New Educational Services Development: Framework for Technology Entrepreneurship Education at Universities in Egypt”, International Journal of Educational Management; “DEA Approach to Enhancement of Internal Quality Assurance Systems in Technical Departments” Arab Journal of Administrative Sciences; and “A Standardized Marketing Audit Model for Entrepreneurship Education in Egypt”, International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering. Prof. Sherein Hamed Abou-Warda can be contacted at: dr.shery_warda@yahoo.com

Professor Sherein Hamed Abou-Warda
Kaferelshiek University

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This page is a summary of: New educational services development, The International Journal of Educational Management, June 2016, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/ijem-11-2014-0142.
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