Academic entrepreneurship in Spanish universities: An analysis of the determinants of entrepreneurial intention

• Francisco Javier Miranda ^[1] ; Antonio Chamorro-Mera ^[1] ; Sergio Rubio ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Extremadura

     Universidad de Extremadura

     Badajoz, España

     
• Localización: European Research on Management and Business Economics, ISSN 2444-8834, Vol. 23, Nº. 2, 2017, págs. 113-122
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Academic entrepreneurship is the process by which an individual or group of individuals linked through their work to a university or research centre use knowledge created in their research to set up business ventures or spin-offs. With the Theory of Planned Behaviour as basis, the influence of attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived control on academics’ entrepreneurial intentions was studied. The instrument was a survey conducted of 1178 Spanish university academics in various fields of knowledge, professional categories, and levels of seniority in their institution. A structural equation model identified as the main antecedent of entrepreneurial intention the attitude towards entrepreneurship. This was in turn influenced by creativity, perceived utility, and entrepreneurial experience.