Critical Review: Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindsets in Deep Tech Disciplines
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This article aims to review the research conducted by Corina Pacher and Martin Glinik from Graz University of Technology, which presents an educational toolkit designed to integrate entrepreneurship education into higher education institutions (HEIs) within Deep Tech-related disciplines. The article employs a critical review method. The work addresses the crucial gap between theoretical knowledge and the practical application of entrepreneurial competencies among engineering students, academic staff, and non-academic personnel. While the paper engages with an increasingly relevant topic and proposes a hands-on pedagogical solution, it demonstrates significant limitations in methodological rigor, empirical validation, and theoretical depth, which substantially reduce its contribution to international scholarship.
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Sari, U. T., Aditya, A., & Artha, B. (2025). Critical Review: Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindsets in Deep Tech Disciplines . ProBisnis : Jurnal Manajemen, 16(06), 3084–3091. Retrieved from https://ejournal.joninstitute.org/index.php/ProBisnis/article/view/1347
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Haynie, J. M., Shepherd, D., Mosakowski, E., & Earley, P. C. (2010). A situated metacognitive model of the entrepreneurial mindset. Journal of Business Venturing, 25(2), 217–229. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JBUSVENT.2008.10.001
Henry, A., & Liu, M. (2026). In search of a “big idea”: A critical review of the function of comparison processes in language learning psychology. System, 137, 103923.
Hu, X., Hu, X., & Xie, S. (2025). Unraveling the multidimensional association of covert bullying, abandonment, and adolescent depression: A critical review and conceptual framework. Acta Psychologica, 261, 105726.
Khetarpal, R., Jain, D., & Mitra, B. (2025). The role of entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial motivation, and entrepreneurial readiness in mapping entrepreneurial intention of youth. The International Journal of Management Education, 23(3), 101272. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.IJME.2025.101272
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Myers, N.S. & Abramovitz, J.S. (2025). Unpacking inferential confusion: A critical review of the inference-based approach to obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 47, 100983.
Naumann, C. (2017). Entrepreneurial Mindset: A Synthetic Literature Review. Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 5, 149–172. https://doi.org/10.15678/EBER.2017.050308
Pacher, C., & Glinik, M. (2024a). Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindsets in Deep Tech Disciplines: Exemplary Development of a Toolkit. Procedia Computer Science, 232, 1309–1318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2024.01.129
Pacher, C., & Glinik, M. (2024b). Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindsets in Deep Tech Disciplines: Exemplary Development of a Toolkit. Procedia Computer Science, 232, 1309–1318. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PROCS.2024.01.129
Sun, Y., & Yang, M. (2025). Teaching strategy of innovation and entrepreneurship education and mathematical modelling course integration based on cluster analysis. Systems and Soft Computing, 7, 200388. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SASC.2025.200388
Verlie, B., Rousell, D., de Kleyn, L., Hartup, M., Rickards, L., St Clair, J., Bayes, C., Quinton, H. W., Blom, S., Hotko, K., Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles, A., de Rivera, L., Lasczik, A., & Ofosu-Asare, Y. (2025). Between flood vulnerability and watery pedagogies: A critical review of children and young people’s voices and experiences. Geoforum, 166, 104413.
Wilson, S. M., Peterson, P. L., & Research, N. (2006). Theories of Learning and Teaching What Do They Mean for Educators? Best Practices. www.nea.org/books.
Zare, M., & Flinchbaugh, C. (2025). Transformational leadership and leader-member exchange: a critical review. Organization Management Journal, 1–17.