The entrepreneurial engagement of Italian university students
Some Insights From a Population-Based Survey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4097229 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francesco Ferrante (0000-0002-4154-6451, Department of Economics and Law, Dipartimento Economia e Giurisprudenza, Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Cassino, Italy, corresponding author), Daniela Federici (0000-0002-6369-6370, Department of Economics and Law, Dipartimento Economia e Giurisprudenza, Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Cassino, Italy), Valentino Parisi (0000-0001-8429-4250, Department of Economics and Law, Dipartimento Economia e Giurisprudenza, Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Cassino, Italy) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1813-1836 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075079.2018.1458223 |
| OpenAlex | W2738860823 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 63 |
Start-ups founded by university students and graduates play a substantial role in bringing new knowledge to the market and in employment creation, a role that appears to be even more important than that played by the typical technology transfer activities carried out by universities. We use a population-based approach to explore entrepreneurship among 61,115 graduate alumni of 64 Italian universities. In order to assess the potential supply of highly educated entrepreneurs, we develop a novel empirical approach to analyse engagement in entrepreneurship, based on the idea that entrepreneurship is a process that begins with intention and ends in action. We find that the share of intentional entrepreneurs, among recent cohorts of graduates in Italy, is large in comparison to the small share of actual entrepreneurs detected five years after graduation. We discuss which barriers may deter intentional entrepreneurs from being engaged in entrepreneurship and how universities can trigger the entrepreneurial process and close the gap between entrepreneurial intentions and action
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Entrepreneurship · Higher education · Political science · Population · Public relations · Sociology · Engineering · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Private Equity and Venture Capital · Marketing
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |