Peeling the onion: public policy in entrepreneurship education

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to examine some basic pathways to bring issues of public policy into entrepreneurship classes.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper looks at policy issues related to taxation, regulation and employment which all offer important topics that can be integrated into a variety of standard entrepreneurship courses.

Findings

Integrating policy issues into entrepreneurship classes is important to assist students understand the importance of compliance, to see the linkages to their broader university education, and to help make them more informed citizens.

Originality/value

This paper hopes to foster more integration of public policy into both the entrepreneurship classroom and into more traditional streams of entrepreneurship research.

Citation

Cornwall, J.R. and Dennis, W.J. (2012), "Peeling the onion: public policy in entrepreneurship education", Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 12-21. https://doi.org/10.1108/20452101211208335