Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/294065 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] European Research on Management and Business Economics (ERMBE) [ISSN:] 2444-8834 [Volume:] 27 [Issue:] 2 [Article No.:] 100152 [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 1-14
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
Academic entrepreneurial opportunities are a key factor in the development of new spin-offs. This study examines the relationship between academic entrepreneurial opportunities perceived by academics and these academics' entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) to determine which dimensions of ESE (among management, innovation, marketing, risk-taking and financial control) are significantly related to these opportunities. It also analyses how industrial and entrepreneurial networks, as part of the university's entrepreneurial ecosystem, influence this relationship. A quantitative method is used to achieve this goal, developing a structural equations model and applying partial least squares technique to analyse a sample of 388 Spanish academics. The results show that the dimensions of ESE related to variables such as management, innovation and marketing have a positive and significant relationship to perception of entrepreneurial opportunities. This situation is different, however, for dimensions such as risk-taking and financial control. Moreover, the findings show that entrepreneurial and industrial networks have a significant effect on this relationship.
Subjects: 
Academic entrepreneurial opportunities
Social networks
Industrial networks
Spin-offs
Entrepreneurial ecosystems
JEL: 
M13
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Document Type: 
Article

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