The study of Entrepreneurial Intention is essential to understand the beginning of the entrepreneurship process. The literature on academic entrepreneurship sustains a shortage of research related to how an individual, in the academic environment, develops the entrepreneurial intention of starting a spin-off. Starting from the Theory of Planned Behavior, the objective of the present study is to analyze the incidence of motivational antecedents (attitude, subjective norm, and perceived control) on Academic Entrepreneurial Intention and examine the effect of individual factors (creativity, perceived utility, self-confidence, business experience) and context (business experience, entrepreneurship training, and business environment) in said antecedents. Method:  The data collection was through a survey applied randomly to 172 academics from the Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa in various areas of knowledge (technical and social). Data analysis was carried out using the multivariate Structural Equation Model technique, through the Partial Least Squares approach, for which the Smart PLS software was used. Results: The result of the structural equation model showed that the main antecedent of the academic entrepreneurial intention is the attitude towards entrepreneurship. This, in turn, is influenced by Creativity and Perceived Utility. Discussion: The research’s structural model allows predictive evidence of unobservable variables that influence entrepreneurial intention’s formation in the academic environment. Also, the findings present practical implications that are useful for university management to promote academic entrepreneurship.

El presente estudio explora la literatura científica relacionada con el emprendimiento académico y spin-off en el contexto universitario con el fin de identificar cómo está organizada la información en este campo de estudio, cuáles son los enfoques teóricos y metodológicos abordados en la literatura, así como detectar brechas para futuras líneas de investigación. Se realizó una revisión sistemática a 57 artículos indexados, obtenidos de la base de datos Scopus y publicados entre enero de 2014 y octubre de 2019. Primero se llevó a cabo un análisis bibliométrico a través del software VOSviewer, posteriormentese analizó el contenido del conjunto de estudios para cumplir los objetivos. Los resultados confirman que existe una creciente literatura relacionada al emprendimiento académico, pero fragmentada bajo enfoques teóricos heterogéneos. En suma, las metodologías cuantitativas van en ascenso y futuras investigaciones holísticas son sugeridas.