International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research: Volume 26 Issue 7

Editorial

Giustina Secundo, Pierluigi Rippa, Michele Meoli, Erik E. Lehmann

An entrepreneurial intention model focussing on higher education

Sarath Tomy, Eric Pardede

Start-up intention among university students is related to the image of entrepreneurship as a career alternative. University is critical in developing the levels of motivation and…

Potential of digital technologies in academic entrepreneurship – a study

Gladys Yaa Saah Oppong, Saumya Singh, Fedric Kujur

Digital technologies have become indispensable in businesses and are gaining attention in academic institutions context too. Digital technological ecosystems provide a platform to…

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

Francesco Galati, Barbara Bigliardi, Renato Passaro, Ivana Quinto

According to the paradigm of the Triple Helix, universities are moving from their traditional roles of research, teaching and knowledge dissemination to an entrepreneurial role…

The impact that exposure to digital fabrication technology has on student entrepreneurial intentions

Javier Monllor, Aracely Soto-Simeone

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role exposure to digital fabrication technology plays in the development of students’ entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) and…

Connecting universities with entrepreneurship through digital learning platform: functional requirements and education-based knowledge exchange activities

Roberto Linzalone, Giovanni Schiuma, Salvatore Ammirato

Studies on academic entrepreneurship (AE) agree on the significant impact that Universities can have on entrepreneurial development. AE deploys through fundamental activities…

E-learning design and entrepreneurship in three European universities

Teresa Anna Rita Gentile, Rocco Reina, Ernesto De Nito, Davide Bizjak, Paolo Canonico

According to Fee (2009), e-learning systems have three components: technology, learning content and e-learning design. Few studies have examined e-learning design as an…

A grounded theory study for digital academic entrepreneurship

Korinzia Toniolo, Eleonora Masiero, Maurizio Massaro, Carlo Bagnoli

This research aims to investigate how digital academic entrepreneurship (AE) develops, exploring its evolution from a micro to a macro perspective and highlighting the role of…

Digital transformation in entrepreneurship education centres: preliminary evidence from the Italian Contamination Labs network

Giustina Secundo, Pierluigi Rippa, Michele Meoli

This paper analyses whether the entrepreneurship education centres introduced by the Italian Ministry of Higher Education and Research in 2012 (the Italian Contamination Labs  

Values and career behaviours of entrepreneurs and employees

Anita Gaile, Ilona Baumane-Vitolina, Erika Sumilo, Daina Skiltere, Ricardo Martin Flores

The purpose of this paper is to determine the differences in the values and behaviours of employees and entrepreneurs and to develop guidelines for employers to foster…

Reducing the resource acquisition costs for returnee entrepreneurs: role of Chinese national science parks

Senmao Xia, Yu Xiong, Min Zhang, James Cornford, Yipeng Liu, Ming K. Lim, Dongmei Cao, Fengwen Chen

The purpose of this paper is to empirically explore the mechanisms through which Chinese National Science Parks' (NSPs) services facilitate returnee entrepreneurs' (REs…