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The entrepreneurial intentions of academic researchers in an emerging knowledge economy
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27028 The entrepreneurial intentions of academic researchers in an emerging knowledge economy Staphorst, Leonard ichelp@gibs.co.za Sixholo, Joy UCTD Academic entrepreneurial process Academic cooperation with industry Valorisation Entrepreneurial self-efficacy Academic personal networks Startup Academic entrepreneurship Spinout Academic spinoff University spinoff Commercialisation Technology transfer Entrepreneurial intention Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. This study analysed the entrepreneurial intentions of academic researchers to create spinoffs in a country where the phenomenon of academic spinoffs is emerging. The study consisted of a quantitative analysis of entrepreneurial intentions, performed within the context of South Africa’s Higher Education Institutions and Science Councils.The study drew from psychological and entrepreneurship research on intentionality to measure the level of entrepreneurial intentions using specific determinants (entrepreneurial self-efficacy, personal networks, perceived role models, number of years spent at the academic institution, number of patents/ copyrights/ designs, type of research, and cooperation with industry) that characterise the emergence of academic entrepreneurial intentions that lead academics to the creation of spinoffs. The study also aimed to determine if there were differences in the entrepreneurial intentions between researchers in technical and non-technical fields of expertise.A quantitative online survey was conducted amongst researchers in higher education institutions and science councils, followed by data analysis using a multiple linear regression to measure the entrepreneurial intentions. Thereafter a determination of factors associated with the higher levels of intention and a comparison of the level of intentions was conducted between researchers from the two study groups using an analysis of coefficients and significance tests respectively.The study showed that the entrepreneurial intentions of researchers in South Africa were very low. It was also shown that entrepreneurial self-efficacy was the strongest predictor of academic entrepreneurial intentions. Furthermore it was found that there was no significant difference in the entrepreneurial intentions between researchers in technical and non technical fields of expertise. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-07T09:53:48Z 2012-09-27 2013-09-07T09:53:48Z 2012-03-08 2012-09-27 2012-08-04 Dissertation Sixholo, J 2011, The entrepreneurial intentions of academic researchers in an emerging knowledge economy, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27028 > F/12/4/772/zw http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27028 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08042012-201732/ © 2011 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Academic entrepreneurial process Academic cooperation with industry Valorisation Entrepreneurial self-efficacy Academic personal networks Startup Academic entrepreneurship Spinout Academic spinoff University spinoff Commercialisation Technology transfer Entrepreneurial intention The entrepreneurial intentions of academic researchers in an emerging knowledge economy |
| title | The entrepreneurial intentions of academic researchers in an emerging knowledge economy |
| title_full | The entrepreneurial intentions of academic researchers in an emerging knowledge economy |
| title_fullStr | The entrepreneurial intentions of academic researchers in an emerging knowledge economy |
| title_full_unstemmed | The entrepreneurial intentions of academic researchers in an emerging knowledge economy |
| title_short | The entrepreneurial intentions of academic researchers in an emerging knowledge economy |
| title_sort | entrepreneurial intentions of academic researchers in an emerging knowledge economy |
| topic | UCTD Academic entrepreneurial process Academic cooperation with industry Valorisation Entrepreneurial self-efficacy Academic personal networks Startup Academic entrepreneurship Spinout Academic spinoff University spinoff Commercialisation Technology transfer Entrepreneurial intention |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27028 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08042012-201732/ |