Entrepreneurial mindset education: Perspectives and applicability to the sport management curriculum

Given the importance and growth of the sport industry and its impact on a global scale, scholars have argued that sport management students have a need navigate a rapidly growing sport industry. Similarly, the management literatures in a variety of contexts propose the use of an entrepreneurial mindset (EM) as one way to promote this skill in higher education. In this view, the present paper seeks to advance an EM, operationalized as providing students with the opportunities for value-creation, and presents a rationale on how and why integrating an EM can be incorporated within sport management education. Building off Larsen's (2022) typology of EM, we present aspects of EM and how these can influence instructional strategies in sport management. Additionally, we offer potential practical applications for sport management programs and how this can be incorporated in a distributed approach, in which areas of added value could result from the inclusion of EM education. • Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) provides students with value-creation and entrepreneurial skills. • Sport management students can benefit from applying EM towards innovative and adaptive careers. • The present paper provides practical insights into incorporating EM in sport management education.