Opportunity recognition and international new venture creation in university spin-offs—Cases from Denmark and Ireland

Hannibal, Martin; Evers, Natasha; Servais, Per

doi:10.1007/s10843-016-0181-0

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“…In considering the IE phenomenon as a multi-dimensional process over time, scholars have moved towards an integrative notion of the founder as a sense-maker and of (international) entrepreneurship as a complex and dynamic phenomenon within a social context (Hannibal et al 2016;Rasmussen et al 2001;Sarasvathy et al 2014). Consequently, instead of border-crossing behavior at founding being seen in terms of key individuals per se, there is increasing perception of founders as holistic bundles of identity, knowledge, and networks (Sarasvathy et al 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Scholars have been encouraged to move from a purely static view of the founder profile and to pay more heed to founders' evolving identities (Nielsen and Lassen 2012). Accordingly, research on international entrepreneurs has begun to discuss how founders make sense of their contextual identities (Hannibal 2017), with consideration also of their intentions relative to their faith in their own entrepreneurial capabilities-i.e., their self-efficacy (Hannibal et al 2016;Dehghanpour Farashah 2015).…”

Section: Life Experiences and Construction Of Identities Enacting Ie mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Well-trodden highways and roads less traveled: Entrepreneurial-oriented behavior and identity construction in international entrepreneurship narratives

Korhonen

Leppäaho

2019

J Int Entrep

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confidence: 99%

Section: Life Experiences and Construction Of Identities Enacting Ie mentioning

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Well-trodden highways and roads less traveled: Entrepreneurial-oriented behavior and identity construction in international entrepreneurship narratives

Korhonen

Leppäaho

2019

J Int Entrep

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“…Recent research has shown that the focus on international entrepreneurship in terms of discovery, enactment, evaluation, and exploitation of opportunities has been central to create new understandings of the field (see for example Mainela et al 2014Mainela et al , 2015Muzychenko and Liesch 2015;Dimitratos et al 2016;Hannibal et al 2016). In such an opportunity-based view of entrepreneurial internationalisation, one particularly important aspect is the interaction between the international opportunity and the individual entrepreneur (Shane and Venkataraman 2000;Eckhardt and Shane 2003).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Differences in international opportunity identification between native and immigrant entrepreneurs

Vinogradov

Jørgensen²

2016

J Int Entrep

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The aim of this study is to understand more about how identification of international opportunities differs between native and immigrant entrepreneurs. Based on a survey of 116 immigrant and 864 native Norwegian entrepreneurs with newly registered firms, we show that immigrant entrepreneurs are more likely to identify international opportunities than native entrepreneurs are. We reveal important differences in the identification process between native and immigrant entrepreneurs. Whereas general human capital has a significant positive effect on international opportunity identification for native entrepreneurs, we cannot find the same effect among immigrant entrepreneurs. Moreover, although financial capital positively influences international opportunity identification among native entrepreneurs, the same effect is significantly negative among immigrant entrepreneurs. Based on these findings, we conclude that native and immigrant entrepreneurs do not utilise the same resources to identify international opportunities. This study contributes to the literature on international entrepreneurship by documenting significant differences in how native and immigrant entrepreneurs identify international opportunities. It also contributes to immigrant entrepreneurship literature by bringing the opportunity-based view of entrepreneurship into the field.Resumen Este estudio responde a la interrogante de cómo la identificación de oportunidades internacionales difiere entre emprendedores inmigrantes y nativos. Para ello se utilizó datos de encuesta dirigida a emprendedores quienes recientemente registraron sus empresas. La muestra consistió en 116 emprendedores inmigrantes y 864 emprendedores noruegos. Los resultados indican que los emprendedores inmigrantes son más propensos a identificar oportunidades internacionales que sus pares noruegos. Asimismo, se obtuvieron diferencias importantes en el proceso de identificación de oportunidades entre emprendedores nativos e inmigrantes. En primer lugar, el capital humano tiene un efecto positivo y significativo en la identificación de oportunidades internacionales para los emprendedores nativos pero no para los emprendedores inmigrantes. En segundo lugar, el capital financiero influencia de manera positiva la identificación de oportunidades internacionales para emprendedores nativos, al contrario, los emprendedores inmigrantes reciben una influencia negativa del mismo efecto. En base a estos resultados, se concluye que los emprendedores nativos e inmigrantes no recurren a los mismos recursos para identificar oportunidades internacionales. A la vez, este artículo contribuye a la literatura de emprendedurismo sobre inmigrantes al integrar la perspectiva de emprendedurismo basado en oportunidades.Palabras claves Oportunidades internacionales; emprendedurismo internacional; emprendedurismo inmigrante; visión basada en recursos; capital financiero; Noruega.

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“…However, these factors must be analysed for the specific case of academic entrepreneurs, as both the personal characteristics of the academics and the environmental factors are clearly different, as are the networks, players and institutions involved [24]. As indicated by Hoye and Pries [25] and Hannibal et al [26], academic entrepreneurship is a subject that still needs to be researched in more depth.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Spin-Off as an Instrument of Sustainable Development: Incentives for Creating an Academic USO

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In recent years, universities and public authorities have increasingly focused on creating USOs (university spin-offs) as a method of transferring research results to society and of achieving the sustainable development sought by European institutions. However, the success of these policies depends on the appeal of creating a USO for academics. The aim of this research was to examine the relative importance of certain factors that may boost academic entrepreneurship and, therefore, to guide public policies. To do this, a qualitative study was carried out among 42 researchers from Spanish universities and research centres to understand their motivations for creating a USO. A quantitative study was then carried out, based on Conjoint Analysis and with a sample of 1726 academics, to identify the relative importance of six conditions that influence their predisposition to become entrepreneurs. This technique is seldom used in the field of entrepreneurship and, to the best of our knowledge, has never been used before to analyse academic entrepreneurship. The results of the study show that personal economic benefit is clearly the factor that heightens the intention to create a USO the most. Research benefit, CV benefit, support programmes, teaching reduction and personal cost are of lesser importance. The study also concludes that there are few differences according to the academic’s profile.

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Opportunity recognition and international new venture creation in university spin-offs—Cases from Denmark and Ireland

Cited by 50 publications

References 57 publications

Well-trodden highways and roads less traveled: Entrepreneurial-oriented behavior and identity construction in international entrepreneurship narratives

Well-trodden highways and roads less traveled: Entrepreneurial-oriented behavior and identity construction in international entrepreneurship narratives

Differences in international opportunity identification between native and immigrant entrepreneurs

The Spin-Off as an Instrument of Sustainable Development: Incentives for Creating an Academic USO

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