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Establishing a conceptual basis for EICAA – Work Package 2
The main goal of Working Package 2 (WP2) is the design of a competence framework, which includes mainly establishing a methodology, reviewing previous conceptual frameworks for Entrepreneurship Education, testing existing tools to assess entrepreneurial competences, and reviewing and analysing scientific literature about intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial competences. This work will lead us to an updated new framework of intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial competences that will serve as a basis for the further development of the digital platform, a tool to assess, analyse and improve entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial competences.
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STATUS QUO We started working on WP2 by researching theories on entrepreneurship and existing competence frameworks. Since our departing framework is the Entrepreneurship Competence Framework (EntreComp), the aim of this research is to analyse the structure and competences of EntreComp and identify whether new competences arise from different entrepreneurship methods such as lean startup, design thinking, or effectuation. We have performed a systematic literature review on entrepreneurship competences and how they relate to those competences included in EntreComp. Currently, our analysis confirms EntreComp as a wide framework that contains most of the competences that researchers and practitioners recommend for successfully providing value for others, as it was the intent of EntreComp, but we also found that there are different interpretations and approaches to this set of competences. Thus, we are now ready to synthesize these findings and define the EICAA Conceptual Framework. OUTPUTS The main result of WP2 is the definition of the EICAA Conceptual Framework, which defines and structures a set of competences for a wider understanding of entrepreneurship.
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