Just a Lemonade Stand An Introduction to Student Entrepreneurship

Abstract

Despite the increasing popularity of entrepreneurship among students in colleges and university, there is a surprising scarcity of theoretical or empirical research on this topic. In this article, we define the concept of student entrepreneurship, delineate its domain, and demarcate its boundaries. We propose a preliminary typology of student entrepreneurship rooted in the works of three leading economists from the Austrian School of Economics: Joseph Schumpeter, Israel Kirzner, and Ludwig Lachmann. We also identify and discuss important challenges associated with the practice of student entrepreneurship. The article concludes by advancing a future research agenda for the study of student entrepreneurship.

Citation

Gupta, A. and Gupta, V. (2017), "Just a Lemonade Stand An Introduction to Student Entrepreneurship", New England Journal of Entrepreneurship, Vol. 20 No. 1, pp. 34-45. https://doi.org/10.1108/NEJE-20-01-2017-B003