Effects of Entrepreneurship Simulation Game Seminars on Entrepreneurs’ and Students’ Learning

Abstract We suggest entrepreneurship simulation seminars as a viable method to teach complex business interrelationships to entrepreneurs as well as students of all disciplines. In this context, we investigate the learning effects that the simulation game seminar can bring about by analyzing a data set of 2,161 participants obtained from 108 simulation game seminars collected in Germany. In doing this, we not only look at the knowledge content common in entrepreneurship education, but also test for specific leazning effects that should be achieved especially by simulation games as a constrnctivist teaching method. Data analysis shows that the simulation seminar generates high learning effects and that these aze considered to be professionally useful by the pazticipants, especially by the entrepreneurs. We therefore recommend this innovative teaching method for further dissemination in entrepreneurship education.