Factors Affecting Green Entrepreneurship Intentions in Business University Students in COVID-19 Pandemic Times: Case of Ecuador

Abstract

This research assesses the influence of education development support, conceptual development support, and country support through entrepreneurial self-efficacy over green entrepreneurial intentions. A total of 532 business students in Ecuador participated in an online survey. Eight questions were focused on demographic information, and twenty-seven questions evaluated the green entrepreneurship intentions of students. An SEM-PLS technical analysis was used. The results showed that educational support for developing entrepreneurship (0.296), conceptual support for developing entrepreneurship (0.123), and country support for entrepreneurship (0.188) had a positive influence on entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and that entrepreneurial self-efficacy had a positive influence (0.855) on gren entrepreneurial intentions. The model explained 73.1% of the green entrepreneurial intentions. Outcomes of the bootstrapping test were used to evaluate if the path coefficients are significant. This study showed the impacts of education development support, conceptual development support, and country support on the entrepreneur’s ability to carry out green entrepreneurship were positive. This information can help universities develop strategic plans to achieve ecological ventures and ensure students have the necessary skills to do so on campus. The research findings also may be helpful for the governments in establishing new norms to promote entrepreneurship. The novelty is based on using the partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) technique.

COVID-19 to Green Entrepreneurial Intention: Role of Green Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy, Optimism, Ecological Values, Social Responsibility, and Green Entrepreneurial Motivation

“…Compared with general entrepreneurship, green entrepreneurship faces greater challenges in the investment and innovation of green technology. When entrepreneurs are full of confidence in their green entrepreneurship ability and have high green entrepreneurship self-efficacy, they are more likely to have strong green entrepreneurship intentions (Alvarez-Risco et al, 2021).…”

Assessment of Government Intervention Effectiveness in Scrubbing COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Pros and Cons on Educational Activities, the Case of Dire Dawa City

“…On the other hand, the study conducted by Alvarez-Risco et al 17 showed that the impacts of education development, conceptual development, and country supports on the entrepreneur's ability to carry out green entrepreneurship were positive. Eventually, the Ethiopian government intervenes to take several actions in order to scrub the outbreak of COVID-19.…”

“…Further, as study done by Alvarez-Risco et al 17 implied Godlee appraises the UK government's response to COVID-19. On 18 May the Peruvian government started allowing supervised walks for people under 14 years old.…”

“…On 18 May the Peruvian government started allowing supervised walks for people under 14 years old. Alvarez-Risco et al 17 have previously expressed their concern for this measure, because it could lead to a rise in cases in children, who typically exhibit milder symptoms. Alvarez-Risco et al 17 reported that there must be cautious in Peru, where there is a precarious health system, cases keep increasing in small children, paediatric hospitals are saturated with adult patients, and public policies are not necessarily following the global epidemiological alerts.…”

“…Alvarez-Risco et al 17 have previously expressed their concern for this measure, because it could lead to a rise in cases in children, who typically exhibit milder symptoms. Alvarez-Risco et al 17 reported that there must be cautious in Peru, where there is a precarious health system, cases keep increasing in small children, paediatric hospitals are saturated with adult patients, and public policies are not necessarily following the global epidemiological alerts. This finding is in agreement with our study finding in terms of the need of cautious in Dire Dawa City too at the time of the study.…”