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Female entrepreneurs’ motivations, intentions and barriers in Higher Education: A case study from Team Academy Bristol (2023)
Book Chapter
Urzelai, B., Caple, L., & Watkins, S. (2023). Female entrepreneurs’ motivations, intentions and barriers in Higher Education: A case study from Team Academy Bristol. In J. H. Block, J. Halberstadt, N. Högsdal, A. Kuckertz, & H. Neergaard (Eds.), Progress in Entrepreneurship Education and Training: New Methods, Tools, and Lessons Learned from Practice (223-241). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28559-2_15

The objective of this study is to examine factors contributing to entrepreneurial intention, motivation and barriers among female university students. For this, we take a case study approach and focus on a Team Academy undergraduate degree programme... Read More about Female entrepreneurs’ motivations, intentions and barriers in Higher Education: A case study from Team Academy Bristol.

Women tech hub: Supporting females to accelerate the digitalization of their start-ups in Georgia (2022)
Book Chapter
Urzelai, B., Carracedo, P., & Mghebrishvili, A. (2022). Women tech hub: Supporting females to accelerate the digitalization of their start-ups in Georgia. In Digitalization in Business: On the Road to a Sustainable World. Nova Science Publishers

We are now living in a constantly changing context characterized by a high digital revolution that adds uncertainty and complexity to business managers and entrepreneurs around the world. Therefore, organizations are witnessing and leading many digit... Read More about Women tech hub: Supporting females to accelerate the digitalization of their start-ups in Georgia.

Global refugee challenge (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Urzelai, B. (2022, August). Global refugee challenge. Presented at “Mo (ve) ments of vulnerability: Exploring livelihood, development and migration in a wounded Asia: Inclusiveness, Localization, Innovation”, Online

A 3-month programme where students from University Arts London, UWE, Taylors, and MTA working with refugees in Malaysia to solve problems around Education and Wellbeing by following a design thinking process. During the programme the participants wer... Read More about Global refugee challenge.

Team Academy in Practice (2022)
Book
Urzelai, B., & Vettraino, E. (Eds.). (2022). Team Academy in Practice. Routledge

In his quote “It is impossible to export pedagogical practices without reinventing them” Freire (1997) emphasized the idea that educators should pay careful attention to “cultural differences”, insisting that education should neither impose nor colon... Read More about Team Academy in Practice.

Mondragon Team Academy and LEINN Degree: From an educational revolution to a global social innovation inter-cooperation network (2022)
Book Chapter
Luzarraga Monasterio, J. M., Gibert, M., Lazaro, B., Lizartza, A., & Urzelai, B. (2022). Mondragon Team Academy and LEINN Degree: From an educational revolution to a global social innovation inter-cooperation network. In B. Urzelai, & E. Vettraino (Eds.), Team Academy in Practice. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

This chapter studies Mondragon Team Academy (MTA) as a whole and the LEINN Degree, in particular, which started in 2008 in Mondragon University (MU) as a teampreneurship education revolution that aimed to reconnect with the MONDRAGON youth creating... Read More about Mondragon Team Academy and LEINN Degree: From an educational revolution to a global social innovation inter-cooperation network.

Programme evolution, success factors and key challenges: The case of Team Entrepreneurship at UWE, Bristol (2022)
Book Chapter
Urzelai, B., & Davies, L. (2022). Programme evolution, success factors and key challenges: The case of Team Entrepreneurship at UWE, Bristol. In B. Urzelai, & E. Vettraino (Eds.), Team Academy in Practice. Routledge

UWE was a pioneer in the UK launching and implementing a Team Entrepreneurship undergraduate degree in 2013. Since then, the programme has been adapting and restructuring considering the feedback obtained from educators, partners and students. This c... Read More about Programme evolution, success factors and key challenges: The case of Team Entrepreneurship at UWE, Bristol.

Team Academy in Diverse Settings (2022)
Book
Urzelai, B., & Vettraino, E. (Eds.). (2022). Team Academy in Diverse Settings. Routledge

“Entrepreneurship education was born in Genesis. We had no research, no theory, and, therefore, very few options for teaching entrepreneurship except hearing the war stories” (Neck et al., 2014, p.10). This last book of a four-book series collate... Read More about Team Academy in Diverse Settings.

Team coaching practice in the UK, a comparative study (2022)
Book Chapter
Iraci, D., Urzelai, B., & Dance, G. (2022). Team coaching practice in the UK, a comparative study. In B. Urzelai, & E. Vettraino (Eds.), Team Academy in Diverse Settings. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

This research focuses on the differences between the programmes, TA tools and the methods used, with the main focus on Team coaching practices (especially in the context of training sessions) in the UK. A qualitative method is employed, through a mul... Read More about Team coaching practice in the UK, a comparative study.

Exploring the professional identity and career trajectories of undergraduates on a team-based, experiential  degree programme (2022)
Book Chapter
Davies, L., Urzelai, B., & Ozadowicz, K. (2022). Exploring the professional identity and career trajectories of undergraduates on a team-based, experiential  degree programme. In G. J. Larios-Hernandez, A. Walmsley, & I. Lopez-Castro (Eds.), Theorising Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Education: Reflections on the Development of the Entrepreneurial Mindset (191-210). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87865-8_11

Based on the pioneering Finnish Team Academy model, BA (Hons) Business: Team Entrepreneurship is an undergraduate degree programme at the University of the West of England underpinned by self-managed, team-based experiential entrepreneurial learning.... Read More about Exploring the professional identity and career trajectories of undergraduates on a team-based, experiential  degree programme.

Team companies as communities of practice: Considerations and reflections for future practice (2021)
Book Chapter
Urzelai, B. (2021). Team companies as communities of practice: Considerations and reflections for future practice. In E. Vettraino, & B. Urzelai (Eds.), Team Academy: Leadership and Teams. Routledge

This research looks at collective learning and explores the application of the concept of communities of practice (CoP) within a Team Academy context, where students form team companies (TC) of around 15-20 members from day 1 and for 3 years. It aims... Read More about Team companies as communities of practice: Considerations and reflections for future practice.

Part II: The phenomenon of “I as leader'' in the team academy model: Characteristics and attributes (2021)
Book Chapter
Ozadowicz, K. (2021). Part II: The phenomenon of “I as leader'' in the team academy model: Characteristics and attributes. In E. Vettraino, & . B. Urzelai (Eds.), Team Academy: Leadership and Teams (126-139). Routledge

Within Entrepreneurship Education, Team Academy is seen by some as an innovative pedagogical model that enhances social connectivity, as well as experiential, student-centred and team-based learning. It also creates spaces for transformative learning... Read More about Part II: The phenomenon of “I as leader'' in the team academy model: Characteristics and attributes.

Is it all in the mindset? Team coaching, psychological capital and the collaborative development of an entrepreneurial mindset (2021)
Book Chapter
Jarvis, C., Gaggiotti, H., & Kars-Unluoglu, S. (2022). Is it all in the mindset? Team coaching, psychological capital and the collaborative development of an entrepreneurial mindset. In E. Vettraino, & B. Urzelai (Eds.), Team Academy: Leadership and Teams. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

The changing nature of work attaches greater significance, by organisations, entrepreneurs and students alike, to the development of entrepreneurial capacities, with growing interest in entrepreneurial mindset and psychological capital (self-efficacy... Read More about Is it all in the mindset? Team coaching, psychological capital and the collaborative development of an entrepreneurial mindset.

Team Academy: Leadership and Teams (2021)
Book
Vettraino, E., & Urzelai, B. (Eds.). (2021). Team Academy: Leadership and Teams. Routledge

In his 2006 article, Mark Van Vugt posed the view that “whenever a group of people come together, a leader-follower relationship naturally develops.” The leader-follower relationship in a Team Academy based education programme can be contentious and... Read More about Team Academy: Leadership and Teams.

Part 1: The phenomenon of ‘it’ as leadership in the team academy model: Context and overview (2021)
Book Chapter
Ozadowicz, K. (2021). Part 1: The phenomenon of ‘it’ as leadership in the team academy model: Context and overview. In E. Vettraino, & B. Urzelai (Eds.), Team Academy: Leadership and Teams (72-84). Routledge

ithin Entrepreneurship Education, Team Academy is seen by some as an innovative pedagogical model that enhances social connectivity, as well as experiential, student-centred and team-based learning. It also creates spaces for transformative learning... Read More about Part 1: The phenomenon of ‘it’ as leadership in the team academy model: Context and overview.

Cooking a team entrepreneurship programme: A recipe for a team based, self managed experiential learning programme (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Urzelai, B., & Daef, S. (2021, September). Cooking a team entrepreneurship programme: A recipe for a team based, self managed experiential learning programme. Paper presented at IEEC 2021 Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education on a Global Stage

Tiimiakatemia was developed in 1993 by Johannes Partanen at Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences (JAMK). The Team Academy model adopts a practice-led, self-managed, team-based and enterprise-orientated approach to education. TA has been applied i... Read More about Cooking a team entrepreneurship programme: A recipe for a team based, self managed experiential learning programme.

Configurations of externalities within a country-of-origin cluster in China: A qualitative comparative analysis (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Urzelai, B., Francisco, P., & Miguel, G. L. (2020, December). Configurations of externalities within a country-of-origin cluster in China: A qualitative comparative analysis. Paper presented at 47th EIBA Annual conference: Firms, Innovation and Location: Reshaping International Business for Sustainable Development in the Post-Pandemic Era

This paper explores several configurations of host-market locational factors and the ethnic cluster's potential to generate externalities when MNEs invest in distant countries. We perform a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) of externalities and... Read More about Configurations of externalities within a country-of-origin cluster in China: A qualitative comparative analysis.

The cooking process for Team Academy programmes: Ingredients and flavours (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Urzelai, B. (2020, November). The cooking process for Team Academy programmes: Ingredients and flavours. Paper presented at UNFEAR 2020 Festival of Entrepreneurial Team Learning Research, online

UWE was a pioneer in the UK launching and implementing a Team Entrepreneurship undergraduate degree in 2013. Since then, the programme has been adapting and restructuring considering the feedback obtained from educators, partners and students. This s... Read More about The cooking process for Team Academy programmes: Ingredients and flavours.

The Routledge focus on team academy: Editors' conversation (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Urzelai, B. (2020, November). The Routledge focus on team academy: Editors' conversation. Presented at UNFEAR 2020 Festival of Entrepreneurial Team Learning Research, online

In October this year, Dr Urzelai and Dr Vettraino signed a four book deal with Routledge that will see the first mainstream publications of the Finnish Team Academy model on the bookstore shelves in 2021. The four edited texts contain research and s... Read More about The Routledge focus on team academy: Editors' conversation.

Country-of-origin clusters: A qualitative study on MNEs for further research (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Urzelai, B., Puig, F., & Gonzalez-Louireiro, M. (2019, June). Country-of-origin clusters: A qualitative study on MNEs for further research. Paper presented at XXIX International Conference ACEDE: Globalization under complexity and uncertainty environments, A Coruña, Spain

Country-of-origin clusters: a qualitative study on MNEs for further research