Institutional factors that impact the entrepreneurial activity of university students

En Colombia, donde prima la creación de empresas por necesidad, se enfrenta el reto de que las personas evitenemprender, entre otras razones, ante la falta de acceso a fuentes de financiamiento. Por consiguiente, se hizopertinente el identificar los aspectos claves para generar un relacionamiento entre los inversores y los emprendimientosque nacen de instituciones de educación superior, por medio de un estudio con enfoque cuantitativo y de diseñodescriptivo. El cual comprendió la realización de encuestas a estudiantes emprendedores y a inversores, pararecolectar los datos adecuados para generar un análisis, previa codificación de las variables objeto de estudio. Seencontró que hay un interés y disposición de recursos económicos de un nivel bajo por parte de los inversores paraapoyar el desarrollo de las ideas de negocio desde el ámbito educativo, focalizado a través de una plataforma decrowdfunding que cuente con un gran respaldo de intermediación.

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Enhancing Technology-Focused Entrepreneurship in Higher Education Institutions Ecosystem: Implementing Innovation Models in International Projects

Rosienkiewicz,

Helman,

Cholewa

et al. 2024

Education Sciences

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Innovation models are key to fostering technology-focused entrepreneurship in higher education institutions (HEIs). These models create dynamic environments that encourage collaboration, creativity, and problem-solving skills among students and faculty. HEIs face several challenges in fostering entrepreneurship, including allocating sufficient financial and human resources, integrating entrepreneurship education across disciplines, and managing intellectual property. Overcoming these challenges requires HEIs to cultivate an entrepreneurial culture and establish strong partnerships with industry stakeholders. To achieve these goals, HEIs must adopt successful innovation models proven to work. This article presents an international case study highlighting such models and the factors contributing to their success. This study explores the implementation and impact of innovation models, specifically IDEATION and DEETECHTIVE, within HEIs to foster technology-focused entrepreneurship. By implementing numerous actions focusing on online education integration and the Quintuple Helix Innovation Model, these models support shifting engineering students’ mindsets toward entrepreneurship. This research highlights the importance of academia–industry collaboration, international partnerships, and the integration of entrepreneurship education in technology-focused disciplines. This study presents two models. The first, IDEATION, focuses on open innovation and sharing economy aspects. This model underwent rigorous testing and refinement, evolving into the second model, DEETECHTIVE, which is more comprehensive and deep tech-focused. These models have been validated as effective frameworks for fostering entrepreneurship and innovation within HEIs. This study’s findings underscore the potential of these models to enhance innovation capacity, foster an entrepreneurial culture, and create ecosystems rich in creativity and advancement. Practical implications include the establishment of open innovation-oriented structures and mechanisms, the development of specialized curriculum components, and the creation of enhanced collaboration platforms.

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Institutional factors that impact the entrepreneurial activity of university students

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