Due to the early stage and embryonic nature of university technologies is necessary to focus on the predictors inside the Italian university context that influence the creation of academic spinoff. The recent challenges in the Italian University context confirm the necessity to focus on the attitudes of universities to stimulate entrepreneurial activity. The aim of the paper is to focus on the determinants of academic entrepreneurial intentions in life science research area, capturing the current impact of the challenges coming from the social and environmental context. This research contributes to better understanding the determinants that influence the creation of the new ventures analyzing the complete dynamic between individual and environmental factors and examining the attitudes of academic scientists to plan their business and catch the market's opportunities. This paper adds an empirical contribution to the literature about entrepreneurial intentions, focusing on the influence of social capital assets of researchers in the life science research area. This research is based on a sample of academic scientists, which are employed in the life sciences department and research area of University d'Annunzio in Italy. We sent a questionnaire of 723 scientists of which 134 responded to our survey, with a response rate of 19%. The data collected was used to measure all variables (both observed and latent), to test the model in the Italian context. The empirical findings highlight the different effects of internal and external variables on academic entrepreneurial intentions. Personal networks are significant predictors of the entrepreneurial intentions of scientists to become entrepreneurs.
MONACO E, D'ORAZIO P. (2010). The Determinants of Academic Entrepreneurial Intentions: a Study of Italian Scientists. RENT, 24(XXIV), 1-15.
The Determinants of Academic Entrepreneurial Intentions: a Study of Italian Scientists
MONACO E;
2010
Abstract
Due to the early stage and embryonic nature of university technologies is necessary to focus on the predictors inside the Italian university context that influence the creation of academic spinoff. The recent challenges in the Italian University context confirm the necessity to focus on the attitudes of universities to stimulate entrepreneurial activity. The aim of the paper is to focus on the determinants of academic entrepreneurial intentions in life science research area, capturing the current impact of the challenges coming from the social and environmental context. This research contributes to better understanding the determinants that influence the creation of the new ventures analyzing the complete dynamic between individual and environmental factors and examining the attitudes of academic scientists to plan their business and catch the market's opportunities. This paper adds an empirical contribution to the literature about entrepreneurial intentions, focusing on the influence of social capital assets of researchers in the life science research area. This research is based on a sample of academic scientists, which are employed in the life sciences department and research area of University d'Annunzio in Italy. We sent a questionnaire of 723 scientists of which 134 responded to our survey, with a response rate of 19%. The data collected was used to measure all variables (both observed and latent), to test the model in the Italian context. The empirical findings highlight the different effects of internal and external variables on academic entrepreneurial intentions. Personal networks are significant predictors of the entrepreneurial intentions of scientists to become entrepreneurs.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.