Nathalie Schieb-Bienfait

A real world project driven approach, a pilot experience in a graduate enterprise programme: ten years on

In the search for more and better ways of nurturing enterprising people and especially for developing entrepreneurs, the role of education and training is seen as absolutely essential. After reviewing major key research issues about entrepreneurship education and training implementation, we present a specific initiative built on the introduction of a new venture creation programme in higher education. Such an experimental programme allows the implementation of a cross-disciplinary area of training, which drives students to adopt an integrative and holistic approach for business venture creation and development.

Urban Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurs: A Closer Look at Cultural Quarters and the Creative Clustering Process in Nantes (France)

This chapter deals with the genesis of an urban cultural and creative cluster (CCC) as a collective system of cultural and creative entrepreneurs and very small companies. Beginning with a longitudinal case study of the trajectory of a CCC, the purpose is to address the analysis framework of the clustering process and to identify the keys actors in the cluster life cycle. The methodology is based on a 6-year qualitative study of the French “Quartier de la creation” in Nantes. The findings confirm the prevailing view of the CCC as a dynamic organization. It shows distinct stages, with specific key actors and governance practices. It reveals difficulties in shaping the roles of the support organization, the interactions with the small firms, and the collective competencies to build amongst the cultural and creative entrepreneurs. The governance mechanisms and cluster practices of some localized groupings of cultural entrepreneurs and very small creative enterprises require balancing institutional and entrepreneurial approaches, which results in hybrid cluster practices based on ambidextrous management mechanisms.

Concevoir un référentiel de compétences pour les étudiants entrepreneurs: la démarche PEPITE

Les responsables et animateurs du reseau national des PEPITE ont souhaite developper un referentiel national de competences en entrepreneuriat pour les jeunes de l’enseignement superieur. Il s’agissait de se doter d’un outil commun, visant a harmoniser les pratiques au sein du reseau. Ils se sont appuyes pour cela sur une demarche de conception iterative, en testant les propositions retenues et leur appropriation par l’ensemble des parties prenantes. Ils ont associe a cette construction des acteurs charges de l’accompagnement des etudiants entrepreneurs, ainsi que des enseignants chercheurs en entrepreneuriat et en sciences de l’education et des etudiants entrepreneurs. Cet article retrace la demarche engagee depuis deux ans, questionnant les choix retenus ainsi que la pertinence et la portee d’un tel outil a l’issue d’une premiere phase de test realisee au printemps 2017. Identifie comme utile par les charges d’accompagnement comme par les etudiants, l’outil requiert pour son deploiement un accompagnement national et la definition d’un cahier des charges precis pour en expliquer les choix, les etapes et les usages.

How does the non-profit economy affect entrepreneurship?

How and on what basis can we can analyse the entrepreneurial process in the non-profit sector? This article is based on a critical discussion of four paradigms – value creation, innovation, business opportunity and creation of organisation – analysed by Verstraete and Fayolle (2005). We examine how these four paradigms can help analyse social entrepreneurship. We suggest that the non-profit sector challenges these four paradigms of entrepreneurship. They suffer from limitations due to assumptions that are not compatible with the non-profit sector. Lastly we conclude that a new set of assumptions should be introduced to provide new insight into social entrepreneurship.