2019
DOI: 10.35808/ijeba/340
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Towards Entrepreneurial Universities: Barriers, Facilitators, and Best Practices in Bulgarian and Portuguese Universities

Abstract: Purpose: Тhe main objective of this research is to investigate barriers, facilitators and best practices in the transformation of Bulgarian and Portuguese universities into entrepreneurial universities. Design/Methodology/Approach: This study relies on a survey among experts in the field to identify barriers, facilitators and best practices in the transformation of Bulgarian and Portuguese universities into entrepreneurial universities.

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“…As expected, students in universities with better research in their scientific field of study are more likely to exhibit technopreneurial intention, which is in contradiction with previous findings that university research orientation negatively influences students' self-employment intentions [64] and is in line with previous research demonstrating that technology entrepreneurs often have a "research" background [97]. Although Bulgarian universities encounter significant internal and external barriers to their transformation into entrepreneurial universities [98], our study demonstrates that Bulgarian universities offering educational programs in STEM fields have the capacity to foster technology entrepreneurship among students and thus to contribute to entrepreneurial activity and innovation in the economy. Our empirical results support previous claims that universities may play an important role in the regional entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem [99].…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 69%
“…As expected, students in universities with better research in their scientific field of study are more likely to exhibit technopreneurial intention, which is in contradiction with previous findings that university research orientation negatively influences students' self-employment intentions [64] and is in line with previous research demonstrating that technology entrepreneurs often have a "research" background [97]. Although Bulgarian universities encounter significant internal and external barriers to their transformation into entrepreneurial universities [98], our study demonstrates that Bulgarian universities offering educational programs in STEM fields have the capacity to foster technology entrepreneurship among students and thus to contribute to entrepreneurial activity and innovation in the economy. Our empirical results support previous claims that universities may play an important role in the regional entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem [99].…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 69%
“…The transformation of entrepreneurship education adopted at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and ISCTE-IUL in Bulgaria and France towards entrepreneurial universities. (Yordanova and Filipe, 2019) Answering the problem of unemployment in Indonesia, EEPs needs to be managed more seriously and transformed not just to change the mindset of society into a more concrete program as term solution. Research has proven the success of EEPs in changing EM in Indonesia, among others, have been carried out by (Arifin and Prasetyaningtyas, 2018), (Alfiyan et al, 2019), (Dijayanti, 2017), (Rusmana, 2020), (Indriyani, 2018), (Wijayanto and Prasetyo, 2018), (Santy et al, 2017), (Rimadani and Murniawaty, 2019), (Purusottama and Trilaksono, 2019).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%