The Dynamism of Entrepreneurial Motivation: A Case of Academic Entrepreneurs in a Resource Constrained Environment

Silva, De; Ranmuthumalie, L.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1954580

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“…Several studies found that being unemployed or the risk of becoming unemployed (Ritsil€ a and Tervo, 2002), the lack of prospects in the current job and a general dissatisfactory situation (de Silva, 2013) are all critical motivational factors that may lead an academic to establish an ASO.…”

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Why do academics become entrepreneurs? How do their motivations evolve? Results from an empirical study

Galati

Bigliardi

Passaro

et al. 2020

IJEBR

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PurposeAccording to the paradigm of the Triple Helix, universities are moving from their traditional roles of research, teaching and knowledge dissemination to an entrepreneurial role. Specifically, they contribute to innovation and competitiveness by creating academic spin-offs (ASOs). In such a context, the diffusion of digital technologies is impacting both on the development of new forms of academic entrepreneurship and on the motivations of academics in launching ASOs. Grounded on a recent reconceptualization developed on identity theory, this study investigates the motivations that lead an academic to establish a spin-off and if, how and why these motivations vary over time.Design/methodology/approachAn extensive online survey was performed in order to obtain a final database of 151 Italian ASOs. Different statistical techniques were used, such as Cluster analysis and ANOVA, to identify different ASO profiles and to understand how and why these profiles change over time.FindingsThe results suggest that motivations change over time: while financial aspects become less important, academics give more importance to other issues. Time, experience and financial gain influence the evolution of academic entrepreneurs' motivations over time.Practical implicationsInsights derived from the study could help policy-makers and administrators in better understanding this phenomenon and the possible evolution of such academic motivations in the context of digitalization, and enable them to act accordingly to foster academic entrepreneurship.Originality/valueThe main contributions of the present study are the addition of empirical knowledge to the scant and anecdotal literature existing to date and the inclusion of cognitive and psychological theoretical perspectives in the academic entrepreneurship debate. Moreover, it is believed that no other study has investigated the above topics in the Italian context.

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Section: Ijebr 267mentioning

confidence: 99%

Why do academics become entrepreneurs? How do their motivations evolve? Results from an empirical study

Galati

Bigliardi

Passaro

et al. 2020

IJEBR

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“…A spin-off szakirodalomban a jólét, a függetlenség, a piaci hasznosítás, az üzleti lehetőség, a karrier és a státusz a vonzó tényezők között, a munkával és a javadalmazással való elégedetlenség pedig a taszító oldalon jelenik meg (Weatherston 1995, PiccalugaChiesa 2000de Silva 2013). A kevésbé fejlett országokban a vállalkozó tevékenység elején többnyire a taszító erők dominálnak, de idővel a vonzó tényezők veszik át a főszerepet (de Silva 2013).…”

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