What are we talking about when we talk about student-entrepreneur? Proposition of a broad definition based on an exploration at the margins of the PÉPITE France entrepreneurial educational ecosystem
The positive role of entrepreneurship in national economies has led nations to make of the diffusion of entrepreneurial culture among youth a priority over the last few years. Meanwhile, student entrepreneurship has been the subject of a growing number of research studies, aiming at identifying how entrepreneurial intention is formed and how it can be supported. However, the conception of the student entrepreneur remains blurred. Existing definitions do not necessarily take into account the diversity of student models, entrepreneurial forms and trajectories. In turn, our research proposes a broader definition, from an analysis of literature and a study conducting in French entrepreneurial ecosystem PÉPITE.