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

• Main Authors: Francisco Javier Miranda, Antonio Chamorro-Mera, Sergio Rubio
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Elsevier 2017-05-01
• Series: European Research on Management and Business Economics
• Subjects: Academic entrepreneurship; Entrepreneur intention; Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB); Spin-off
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2444883417300050

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.