Greater than the Sum of Its Parts: Combining Entrepreneurial and Sustainable Competencies in Entrepreneurship Education

Sebastian Planck (), Sonja Wilhelm, Johanna Kobilke and Klaus Sailer
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Sebastian Planck: Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship, HM Munich University of Applied Sciences, 80797 Munich, Germany
Sonja Wilhelm: Social Entrepreneurship Akademie, Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship, HM Munich University of Applied Sciences, 80797 Munich, Germany
Johanna Kobilke: Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship, HM Munich University of Applied Sciences, 80797 Munich, Germany
Klaus Sailer: Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship, HM Munich University of Applied Sciences, 80797 Munich, Germany

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 9, 1-17

Abstract: Discussions about sustainability and entrepreneurship are often an “either/or” discourse. Many higher-education institutions offer sustainability education programs with the aim of enabling students to think and act sustainably without concrete tools for change. Similarly, many offerings in entrepreneurship fail to address sustainability issues. This article assumes a qualitative, constructivist, systems thinking approach to theorize and analyze the relationships between entrepreneurship and sustainability competencies and makes three contributions to theory and practice. First, it provides a thematic analysis of two important European competence frameworks—for sustainability (GreenComp) and entrepreneurial competencies (EntreComp)—and delineates their relationships. Second, through a case study of an experiential educational format, it offers three educational tools that integrate sustainability and entrepreneurial competencies. Third, it contributes to the growing field of research that combines sustainability and entrepreneurship education. The results of this paper are relevant for policymakers who want to combine sustainability and entrepreneurship in education, as well as for educators looking for methods to combine both competence frameworks.

Keywords: sustainability; entrepreneurship; education; GreenComp; EntreComp; competencies; systems thinking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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