Conceptual Development of Academic Entrepreneurial Intentions Scale

Abstract

Academic entrepreneurship is recognized as one of the values created by universities with their mission of being an entrepreneurial university in addition to teaching and research. The "entrepreneurial university" concept carries out this mission with technology transfer and firm formation activities.

The Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intention of Young Researchers: Combining the Theory of Planned Behavior with the Triple Helix Model

“…The implications of the study are twofold: theoretical and practical. From a theoretical point of view, the conceptualizations proposed herein enlarge the existing body of academic entrepreneurship research (Fini, Grimaldi, and Sobrero ; Fryges and Wright ; Ozgul and Kunday ; Prodan and Drnovsek ; Prodan and Slavec ). First, this study analyzes multiple variables (which were previously studied only in isolation) using a unique multidimensional model and assesses their joint impact on AEI.…”

“…Since the contribution of academic spin‐off companies to economic development has been clearly stated (Di Gregorio and Shane ; Roberts ; Shane ), a related intriguing, yet unanswered, question is if and how the entrepreneurial potential of the academic community can be stimulated (Fini et al ; Fini, Grimaldi and Sobrero ; Obschonka et al ). This is why AEI (i.e., the manner in which intention to start a new entrepreneurial adventure matures in research‐trained subjects) could be considered a fascinating research issue and has recently attracted a growing number of researchers of entrepreneurship (Goethner et al ; Huyghe and Knockaert ; Mosey, Noke, and Binks ; Prodan and Drnovsek ; Ozgul and Kunday ).…”

“…A review of the existing research on the academic spin‐off creation process revealed a number of important gaps. First, despite the increased attention on the issue of academic entrepreneurship (Clarysse, Tartari, and Salter ; Fini et al ; Meoli and Vismara ; Siegel and Wright ), only a few studies devote explicit attention to the determinants of academic entrepreneurial intention (AEI) (Prodan and Drnovsek ; D'Orazio, Monaco, and Palumbo ; Goethner et al ; Huyghe and Knockaert ; Mosey, Noke, and Binks ; Ozgul and Kunday ). Second, the majority of research on AEI (Prodan and Drnovsek ) is focused on individual and psychological determinants, based on the dominant theory of planned behavior (TPB) (Ajzen ), but fail to investigate the role of context in the development of academic entrepreneurship.…”

The Influence of Self Efficacy and Adversity Quotient: How Is the Vocational Student Entrepreneurial Intention?

“…Someone who has the desire or intention to carry out an entrepreneurial action is an entrepreneurial intention (Wijaya, 2007). The benefits of entrepreneurial intentions are provide opportunities for 1) self-control, 2) making changes, 3) fully achieving self potential, 4) reaching profit, 5) active in the community, 6) do the favourite thing (Ozgul & Kunday, 2015).…”

Triple Helix and academic entrepreneurial intention: understanding motivating factors for academic spin-off among young researchers

“…This is why, Academic Entrepreneurial Intention (AEI) is considered fundamental. To start a new entrepreneurial adventure which is based on the outcome of academicians, research is considered a fascinating research issue and has recently attracted a growing number of researchers in entrepreneurship (Mosey;Ozgul and Kunday 2015). Academic literature has paid great attention towards understanding the characteristics of academic spin-offs and to the process behind their creation (Di Gregorio and Shane 2003;Grandi and Grimaldi 2005).…”