关键词: 创业学习, 行动学习, 创业行动学习, 案例研究

Abstract: The entrepreneurial context in China is changing due to the emerging industry has become an important force in driving economic transition. As the ventures started in emerging industry are increasing and team entrepreneurship has become a trend, the prior entrepreneurial learning theory faces a new challenge as it focused on the traditional industry and individual learning. To address this gap, the paper proposed a new concept named entrepreneurial action learning that based on entrepreneurial learning and action learning theory. The new concept was defined as the process that entrepreneurs learn from resolving entrepreneurial problems/challenges by the means of social interactions. Then the research designed a conceptual model encompassing four phases and carried out a multi-case study to refine it. Results showed that the process of entrepreneurial action learning was a spiral model that contained experience search, interactive reflection, systematic integration and action verification which were driven by entrepreneurial problems. The paper discussed the role of these elements played in the learning mechanism.

Key words: entrepreneurial learning, action learning, entrepreneurial action learning;case study