Rowing against the wind: how do times of austerity shape academic entrepreneurship in unfriendly environments?

Seguí‐Mas, Elies; Oltra, Víctor; Tormo‐Carbó, Guillermina; Sarrión-Viñes, Faustino

doi:10.1007/s11365-017-0478-z

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“…These results cannot be discussed without taking into account the impact of the Spanish context which, from the perspective of academic transfer and entrepreneurship, is not very conducive when compared to other European countries (Seguí-Mas et al 2018). Firstly, this is due to the financial crisis which has resulted in austerity policies, cuts in public investment for entrepreneurship, and heavy credit restrictions, especially for SMEs such as ASOs.…”

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The impact of human, social, and psychological capital on academic spin-off internationalization

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Academic spin-offs (ASOs) are companies with a strong international vocation for two main reasons: first, they market their products and services in global market niches to profit from their high investment in R&D, characteristic of the sectors in which ASOs operate; and second, as a consequence of the international training and experience and of the international networks that the founding academic entrepreneurs of these companies tend to enjoy, derived from their scientific activity. Despite this natural tendency to internationalize, ASOs and specifically the founding academic entrepreneurs of these companies present certain difficulties in accessing resources for internationalization and in achieving credibility in foreign markets due to their university origins. Based on the resource-based view (RBV), and network theory (NT), this work proposes that the human capital, the social capital, and the psychological capital of the academic entrepreneur could compensate for these obstacles, providing key resources for the internationalization of their companies. The results contribute to the RBV, NT, and academic entrepreneurship and internationalization literature since they show that human capital, in terms of the international experience and training of the academic entrepreneur, their networks of relationships with international academic agents, and their psychological capital, are all antecedents of the internationalization of ASOs. However, the networks of academic entrepreneur relationships with international market agents appear to be irrelevant in the process of international expansion of ASOs.

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“…Así, si bien es cierto que el emprendimiento y la innovación se han incrementado en los campus universitarios, como ya hemos visto, no es menos cierto que esto no ha sido generalmente bajo figuras de la Economía Social, en las que los principios y valores forman parte de su práctica económica, y en cuyos modelos económicos lo social adquiere especial relevancia (Juliá et al 2014;Seguí et al 2017). Al efecto de visualizar cual es la presencia y peso de la economía social en las empresas de carácter tecnológico dentro de la economía digital, se ha efectuado un trabajo de consulta y análisis en la base de datos SABI (tabla 1).…”

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Rol de la Economía Social y la Universidad en orden a un emprendimiento basado en el conocimiento tecnológico y los valores

Igual¹,

Martí²,

Ribera³

2020

Ciriec-España

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Hoy en día se reconocen las sociedades más desarrolladas por contar con un emprendimiento innovador que hace un uso intensivo del conocimiento y utiliza las tecnologías más avanzadas. Estas sociedades, si además de economías competitivas pretenden ser sociedades más justas, solidarias y sostenibles deben también emprender con valores que les conduzcan a ello. El presente trabajo pretende abordar la necesidad de avanzar en una economía más intensiva en conocimiento, especialmente tecnológico, que permita afrontar el reto que supone la llamada 4ª revolución tecnológica, contribuyendo al desarrollo de una sociedad más competitiva y al mismo tiempo con valores. Así, este trabajo realiza una revisión de la realidad de la universidad española, y de su papel ante el reto tecnológico. Además, efectúa un análisis de la presencia y peso de la economía social en aquellos sectores más identificados con la llamada cuarta revolución industrial, y establece que no existen diferencias de ámbito económico-financiero que puedan explicar la previamente constatada menor presencia de las fórmulas de economía social frente a las de capital. De la revisión y el análisis efectuado, este trabajo concluye que para que se avance en esta economía competitiva y con valores, es crucial el papel de la universidad, fomentando y desarrollando un emprendimiento innovador, inteligente y con valores. En las últimas cuatro décadas la Economía Social ha experimentado un importante avance en términos cuantitativos y cualitativos, y también lo ha hecho el emprendimiento, en particular, el universitario, contribuyendo a avanzar en la generación de una economía con mayor uso del conocimiento y, sobre todo, con valores. Sin embargo, continúa siendo necesario impulsar el uso de fórmulas de Economía Social en el emprendimiento derivado del ecosistema universitario, y con ello su grado de presencia en los sectores tecnológicos más avanzados, y en particular en los más estrechamente vinculados a la llamada cuarta revolución industrial.

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“…As universities are becoming increasingly entrepreneurial, attention is also increasingly focussed on academic entrepreneurship (Guerrero and Urbano, 2012; Mosey et al , 2012; Seguí-Mas et al , 2018). According to Seguí-Mas et al (2018), an entrepreneurial university actively seeks to develop its activities in innovative ways, thus promoting continuous changes in its culture and general organizational character.…”

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Entrepreneurial academics: a taxonomy with Latent Profile Analysis

Rodrigues

Ferreira

Felgueira

2019

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Purpose The need for dynamic and innovative skills and the importance of resources and individuals in pursuit of new opportunities prove to be extremely vital for the higher education institutions (HEI). The purpose of this paper is to develop a taxonomy of academics from HEI, based on their individual entrepreneurial orientation (EO). Design/methodology/approach The population in study was composed of teachers and researchers from worldwide HEI. The data collection was conducted through a questionnaire sent by an e-mail and the authors used the I-ENTRE-U scale to identify entrepreneurial-oriented teachers and researchers from HEI. A Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) was conducted to identify profiles of researchers with similar values in four EO dimensions. Findings The study allowed the authors to identify five profiles of researchers: downers, achievers, followers, defenders and rebels. Research limitations/implications The results can be an important starting point for other researchers and practitioners hoping to evaluate academics’ EO in a higher education sector. The taxonomy also allows wider predictions about the behaviour of the profile members of profiles and relates it with other variables such as performance. Further contributions may be added by extending the data gathering from different geographical areas and/or different academic contexts, such that future studies could apply other LPA techniques and compare the results. Originality/value Only few studies have focussed on individual EO of scientists/academics, considering different national and regional contexts. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first empirical study that develops a taxonomy of academics from HEI, based on their individual EO.

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Rowing against the wind: how do times of austerity shape academic entrepreneurship in unfriendly environments?

Cited by 15 publications

References 63 publications

The impact of human, social, and psychological capital on academic spin-off internationalization

The impact of human, social, and psychological capital on academic spin-off internationalization

Rol de la Economía Social y la Universidad en orden a un emprendimiento basado en el conocimiento tecnológico y los valores

Entrepreneurial academics: a taxonomy with Latent Profile Analysis

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