E-learning in Entrepreneurship Education: A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

In this systematic literature review we take the first scientific attempt towards examining state-of-the-art knowledge regarding e-learning and entrepreneurship education. We review 41 journal articles that were published over a 19-year period in 29 main-stream journals from both e-learning and entrepreneurship/management domains. Combining the bibliometric analysis method and the semantic analysis method, we report the temporal and spatial distribution of these studies, their academic impact, and thematic dimensions/sub-dimensions of contents. Results show that existing studies have limited impact and this topic yields a grand research gap to be filled by future researchers. Students are the most studied research sample. Four aspects of e-learning are central in the screened research: education, learning issues, students, and usability. European scholars are the most active and a majority of studies adopt the quantitative approach. In the end we address limitations of this work.