Entrepreneurship education scholarship in the 1990s and early 2000s: a historical analysis of the internationalizing entrepreneurship education and training - conference

In this study, we contribute to research on the history of entrepreneurship education scholarship in the 1990s and early 2000s by focusing on the Internationalizing Entrepreneurship Education and Training Conference (IntEnt conference). Acknowledging the pioneering initiative of the IntEnt conference in a formative phase of the development of entrepreneurship as a teaching subject, our study delves into the scholarly field's early collaborative endeavors and knowledge expansion. We collected descriptive data on the conference's evolution by reaching out to conference hosts and key delegates. Additionally, we identified edited proceedings for content and bibliometric analyses of annual conference papers. The findings illuminate the role of the IntEnt conference in fostering an emerging academic infrastructure for international collaborations and knowledge exchange on entrepreneurship education. In this regard, the study provides a deeper understanding of the field's evolutionary trajectory.