Exploring the Strategic Intent and Practices of University Accelerators: A Case of Australia

Maritz, Alex; Nguyen, Quan; Hsieh, Hsin-Ming

doi:10.3390/su131910769

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“…The latter is evidenced by a somewhat inconsistent link between entrepreneurship education programs and entrepreneurship initiatives identified in the narratives above. This aligns with the UA literature of Maritz et al. (2021b) and Nguyen et al.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Specific inferences to Australian perspectives on SEE initiatives and offerings were further gathered from archival research, case studies, action research and narrative enquiry (see Maritz et al. , 2019, 2021a, b).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In a recent study on UAs in Australia, Maritz et al. (2021b) posit on the conflicting points of view regarding UAs as start-up launchpads for entrepreneurial learning, and the findings suggest a disparity between UAs and university strategic intent, primarily because of the incongruent interplay of substantive and symbolic management practices.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It was interesting to see the close correlation between the prevalence of entrepreneurship education programs (Maritz et al. , 2019) and prevalence of UAs (Maritz et al. , 2021b), providing inference of the importance and integration of these two EE components.…”

Section: Student Entrepreneurship Ecosystemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…, 2017), entrepreneurship and enterprise teaching and pedagogies primarily by Jones (see Jones, 2019a, b), entrepreneurship education programs by Maritz (see Maritz, 2017; Maritz and Brown, 2013), studies of the Australian entrepreneurship education landscape predominantly by Maritz and colleagues (see Maritz et al. , 2019, 2021a, b) and the entrepreneurial university by Nguyen (see Nguyen et al. , 2021).…”

Section: Student Entrepreneurship Ecosystemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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PurposeDespite the significance, university student start-ups and student entrepreneurship ecosystems (SEEs) have been subject to little research. This study aims to apply a qualitative emergent enquiry approach to explore best practice SEEs in Australia, complimented by narratives from leading scholars in higher education institutions with the aim of delineating the integrative components of SEEs.Design/methodology/approachAdopting the entrepreneurial ecosystem framework and aligned to the social cognitive theory, this paper explores the components and dynamics of SEEs, contributing to an understanding of how such components can better support the growth, sustainability and success of student start-ups. The authors extend entrepreneurship research on social construction using narrative research.FindingsThe findings provide guidelines for researchers, entrepreneurship scholars and educators, entrepreneurship students, policymakers and practitioners to enhance the impact and success of university student start-ups by adopting a student ecosystem approach.Research limitations/implicationsThe narratives represent a limited number of universities with an opportunity for further research to empirically measure the impact and outcomes of SEEs. The research is exploratory, inherently conceptual and emergent, providing an opportunity for validation of narrative frameworks in future studies.Practical implicationsThe findings may assist university managers to be more aware of their own subconscious preferences to student entrepreneurship and start-up initiatives, which may be useful in refining their impact and offerings regarding a quest toward the entrepreneurial university.Social implicationsFrom social perspectives, the alignment of the components of SEE has the ability to enhance and shift the entrepreneurial mindset of entrepreneurship students, notwithstanding enhancement of intentionality and self-efficacy.Originality/valueThis is the first study of SEEs in Australia, highlighting the importance of the integration of entrepreneurship education programs, entrepreneurship education ecosystems, the entrepreneurial university and specific start-up initiatives such as university accelerators. Furthermore, students may enhance their entrepreneurial mindset by actively engaging in such ecosystems.

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confidence: 90%