Multi-Year Expert Meeting on

Enterprise Development Policies

and Capacity-building in Science, Technology and Innovation

(Third session)

Geneva, 19-21 January 2011

EFER:

Over 20 Years of Promoting Entrepreneurship Education in Europe

by

Bert Twaalfhoven

Founder and President – EFER

This view expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of UNCTAD.

EFER: OVER 20 YEARSOF PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN EUROPE

LEARN, EARN and RETURN

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EFER Mission

The European Foundation for Entrepreneurship Research (EFER) fosters and promotes

research and teaching in the field of entrepreneurship at institutions of higher

education across Western and Eastern Europe.

Since 1987: 20+ YEARS www.efer.eu

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EFER Timeline

1987 EFER founded1987–1997 Case research projects1988-1995 Western European Conferences1991 Eastern European Conference (East Berlin)1991 Case Writing & Teaching Workshops (Berlin, Budapest, Moscow)1992 “Teach-The-Teachers” program (Prague)1993 “Teach-The-Teachers” program (Budapest)1992-1994 EFER network meetings 1993 Major research study on European stock markets1996 Europe’s 500 founded, office in Brussels2001 “Teach-The-Teachers” program at Cambridge University2004 Survey on European Entrepreneurship Education 2005-2008 Harvard Business School EECPCL program2006-ongoing EFER/EECPCL roundtable meetings in Europe (two per year)2007 EFER Bologna Faculty Exchange launched2010 European Entrepreneurship Colloquium in Barcelona

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EFER’s Pan-European Network

• EFER has developed a Pan-European network of entrepreneurship professors and encourages cross-border collaboration across Europe and beyond.

•EFER seeks to build relationships between academia, alumni and entrepreneurs - working with both business schools and technical universities.

- Academic collaboration at an international level helps drive the growth of European Gazelles.

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EFER’s Activities are Focused on Five Main Areas

1. Training programs for European entrepreneurship professors (EECPCL, EEC)

2. Building and strengthening faculty networks and collaboration across national borders in Europe (EFER Roundtable Meetings)

3. Encouraging and supporting the exchange of faculty between countries (EFER Bologna Faculty Exchange)

4. Supporting the development of European entrepreneurship cases and course materials

5. Conducting surveys and research

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HBS July 20-28, 2007

HBS July 17-27, 2005 HBS July 21-29, 2006

HBS July 18-25, 2008

Maastricht July 19-25, 2009

Barcelona July 11-17, 2010

370 academics in entrepreneurshipfrom 169 European universities from 41 countries have participated at EFER one week colloquiums

Our 169 Universities…

Polis University TiranaTirana UniversityJohannes Kepler University LinzVienna University of Economics and BAIPM Business SchoolH.U. BrusselsK.U. LeuvenSolvay Business SchoolUniversity of GhentVlerick Leuven Gent Management

SchoolUniversity of SarajevoAmerican University in BulgariaUniversity of RousseCEIBSJ.J. Strossmayer University, OsijekUniversity of SplitUniversity of ZagrebCyprus International Institute of M.Business School Ostrava PLCCMC Graduate School of BusinessUniversity of Economics PragueCopenhagen Business School (CBS)Estonian Business SchoolHelsinki School of Economics

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University of VaasaBurgundy School of BusinessCERAMEDHEC Business SchoolEM LyonESCP EAP-European School of ManagementESSECHEC ParisINSEADBerlin School of Economics and LawBremen University of Applied SciencesDresden University of TechnologyEuropean School of Management & Technology (ESMT)Georg-August Universität GöttingenJacobs University BremenKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KITLeipzig Graduate School of ManagementRWTH Aachen UniversityTechnical University BerlinTechnical University MunichUniversity of Applied Science, GelsenkirchenUniversity of CologneUniversity of Koblenz-LandauUniversity of MannheimUniversity of WuppertalWitten/Herdecke UniversityALBABudapest University of Ec. Sciences + Public AdministrationCorvinus University of Budapest

Focus on Entrepreneurship Education

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University of PecsIndian Institute of Foreign TradeIndian Institute of Management BangaloreIndian Institute of TechnologyInternational Management InstituteS.P. Jain Institute of Management & ResearchUniversity of DelhiGriffith College DublinIADTInstitute of Technology TraleeNational University of IrelandUniversity College CorkUniversity College of DublinUniversity of LimerickConsel Consorzio ELISFondazione IstudMIB School of ManagementSDA BocconiSTOAUniversity Carlo Cattaneo - LIUCInternational Academy of Business/Almaty School of ManagementRiga Business SchoolRiga International School of Economics and Bus. Admin (RISEBA)Riga Technical UniversityStockholm School of Economics RigaUniversity of LatviaUniversity of LiechtensteinISM UniversityISM University of Management and EconomicsVilnius Gediminas Technical University

IUILUniversity American College SkopjeUniversity of MaltaAcademy of Public AdministrationDelft University of TechnologyEindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)Leiden UniversityMaastricht UniversityNyenrode Business UniversityNyenrode Business UniversityRadboud UniversityRSM Erasmus UniversityTilburg UniversityTSM Business SchoolUniversity of AmsterdamUniversity of GroningenUniversity of TwenteUtrecht School of EconomicsWageningen University & Research CenterNorwegian School of Economics and Business AdministrationNorwegian School of Management BINorwegian University of Science & Technology (NUTU)University of TromsøLublin Business SchoolUniversity of GdanskWarsaw School of EconomicsUniversidade Nova De LisboaAcademy of Economic StudiesAlexandru Ioan Cuza University of IasiThe Romanian American Institute for Business and Public Admin.

With Global Reach and Impact

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Kazan State Technical UniversityLomonosov Moscow State UniversityMoscow Institute of Physics & TechnologyMoscow Techn. Univ. of Communication and Information (MTUCI)Omsk State Railway UniversityRussian Academy of EntrepreneurshipSKOLKOVO Moscow School of ManagementSt. Petersburg State Polytechnical UniversitySt. Petersburg State UniversityState University - Higher School of Economics MoscowState University - Higher School of Economics MoscowState University - Higher School of Economics Nizhny NovgorodState University of Management (SUM)Stockholm School of Economics, St PetersburgThe US Russia Center for EntrepreneurshipNanyang Technological UniversityComenius UniversitySlovak University of TechnologyGEA College of EntrepreneurshipUniversity of LjubljanaUniversity of MariborCisco Entrepreneurship InstituteESADE Business SchoolIESE Business SchoolInstituto de EmpresaInstituto Internacional San TelmoISEM Fashion Business SchoolUniversity of Deusto (ESTE)Jönköping International Business School

Royal Institute of TechnologyStockholm School of EconomicsUmea University (USBE)ETH ZurichSwiss Federal Inst. of Technology (EPFL), College of Mgmt TechnologyUniversita Della Svizzera ItalianaUniversity of St. GallenOzyegin UniversitySabanci UniversityBradford UniversityCardiff Business SchoolCity University Business SchoolCity University London, Research and EnterpriseDurham UniversityGloucestershire Business SchoolImperial CollegeLancaster University Management SchoolNewcastle UniversyNottingham University Business SchoolSheffield Hallam University, U.K.University of BedfordshireUniversity of BristolUniversity of CambridgeUniversity of EdinburghUniversity of NottinghamUniversity of OxfordUniversity of ReadingUniversity of UlsterFordham UniversityInternational Management Institute (MIM)KMBS

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Faculty Networking, Collaboration & Exchange

Networking & Collaboration includes:

-Roundtable meetings

-Ongoing interaction via internet.

-Joint projects, research and partnerships

EFER/EECPCL Roundtable in BarcelonaMay 2007

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Past EFER Faculty Roundtables

• Frankfurt, February 2006 (held at time of SuperReturn)

• Oslo, October 2006 (held at time of EC entrepreneurship education conference)

• Barcelona, May 2007 (held near the weekend in mid-May!)

• Aachen, November 2007 (planned in collaboration with annual FGF G-Forum)

• Ljubljana, May 2008 (held at the time of the EURAM conference)

• Vlerick, Dec 2009 (held in conjunction with IMD/Vlerick Effectuation Workshop)

• St. Petersburg, Oct 11-12, 2010Hosted by: - GSOM Saint-Petersburg State UniversitySupported by: - US - Russia Entrepreneurship Centre- Russian Association for Entrepreneurship Education (RAEE)- European Foundation for Entrepreneurship Research (EFER)

European Entrepreneurship Colloquium 2011: Warsaw, Poland

- 17th – 23rd July 2011

- Hosted by Warsaw School

of Economics

- Interactive sessions, workshops and

networking events for faculties and

business representatives

- Meeting point for the world of venture

capital, multinational business, core

entrepreneuership and Europe’s top

universities

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European Entrepreneurship Colloquium 2011: Warsaw, Poland

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Learning Outcomes:

• Understanding new pedagogies that draw on current entrepreneurship

practices and are responsive to the needs of socio-economic

development

• Understanding of interactive learning approaches and how this can help

to develop effective and tailored programmes at their local institutions

• Gaining practical know-how of writing and teaching case studies

• Exposure of real world business experiences and challenges of

entrepreneurs, investors and how this can integrate and interact in

classroom teaching

• Building a network of professors/ teachers and practitioners on a cross-

border, cross-institution basis

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EFER Bologna Faculty Exchange Program

• Short exchanges: 1 week– Doesn’t require approval of Dean or Rector– Easier to fit into faculty work schedules– Relatively inexpensive to implement– Avoids family and other complications of longer exchanges

• Exchange among past EECPCL and EEC participants– Know/trust each other. Been through shared experience

together.– Quality: faculty have already been through screening process

and EFER has ongoing relationship with them.– Reciprocal hosting: jointly develop the exchange program within

the framework of our criteria.– Teaching and case study (real entrepreneurs/companies) focus

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EFER Faculty Exchange: Results to Date

• Participants to date:– Accepted in Fall 2007: 5 pairs/10 professors – Accepted in Spring 2008: 7 pairs/14 professors – Applications pending for 2008/2009: approximately 45

professors (on hold due to funding constraints)

• Overall feedback to date:– High level of interest and enthusiasm from the professors &

students– Impact beyond the exchange itself

• joint research and projects• additional visits/exchanges and engagement of other colleagues

An Opportunity for Business Involvement

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EFER survey-based research on entrepreneurship education in Europe

• Surveys and research studies– Studies on entrepreneurship education in Europe – Comparisons between the U.S. and Europe

• Past studies– Universities as Entrepreneurial Hubs: A study of 29 Universities Across

Europe and the U.S. (2007)– Mapping of Entrepreneurship in German Speaking Countries (2007)– 8 Centers of Dynamic Entrepreneurship (2006)– Breeding Gazelles: The Role of European Universities (2004)– European Entrepreneurship Education Pilot Survey (2004)– Red Paper on Entrepreneurship (2001)– Developing Entrepreneurships Programs in MBA Schools (2000)– European Entrepreneurship and Funding (2000)

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New Research 2011: Champions of New Europe

• Identifying international growth companies from Central & Eastern

Europe

• Call for nominations from EFER alumni

• 2 companies selected per country for case study development

• Entrepreneurs invited to EEC 2011 to participate in workshop

discussions

• Cases to be finalized and assembled into a book

Entrepreneurship beyond Borders

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Contacts & Information: www.efer.eu

Bert Twaalfhoven, Founder and Presidentbtwaalfhoven@efer.eu

Karen Wilson, Advisor & Board Memberkwilson@efer.eu

Yupar Myint, Programme Directorymyint@efer.eu

Antonia Sariyska, Operations Managerasariyska@efer.eu

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