This work aims to analyse the entire entrepreneurial process starting from the entrepreneurial ecosystem, through the study of the factors affecting the entrepreneurial propensity and the start-up of a new company, and the role of business incubators on the take-off and growth of new ventures. The analysis of the entrepreneurial ecosystem is focused on its main actors; the relationships among them and the policy that should be implemented to create a supportive ecosystem. There is no one standard template for building such ecosystems; each "region” must find its own unique approach. The second part of the study is focused on the sources and dynamics of entrepreneurial supply. In particular, it analyses the entrepreneurial orientation of a large sample of Polytechnic University of Marche’s students. The focus on young, well-educated, potential entrepreneurs is justified by the possibility to anticipate future trends in the entrepreneurial supply in knowledge-based sectors. In line with previous research in other countries, entrepreneurial intent is explained by a wide set of variables, including psychological, social and contextual factors. Most of the results obtained confirm the previous findings with some differences: the university support is perceived as salient, while the lack of institutional and professional support and perception of friends and family support, on the contrary, do not affect the propensity, with some exception for females; the parents’ role model is only significant for the females, while for males is significant the friends’ role model. It is notable how, in a country characterized by the widespread and relevant role of “strong ties” and where the family is crucial in feeding a strong entrepreneurial supply, that family support is perceived to be not relevant in stimulating entrepreneurship. Research on nascent entrepreneurship shows that there is a self-selection during the entrepreneurial process from “thinking about self-employment” to “discovery and exploitation” phase to start-up. To understand the reason of high rates of “abandonment”, the study was conducted on a sample of 380 nascent entrepreneurs during the scouting activity of business idea. The study, apart to generate a large number of descriptive statistics, sheds light on the impact and relative importance of some explanatory variables connected with the pre-start-up phase. Knowledge of the behavior of nascent entrepreneurs is important for those actors involved in supporting start-ups in their birth and growth (like a business incubator) and for those creating and maintaining policy measures on a macro-economic level.
Il presente lavoro mira ad analizzare l’intero processo imprenditoriale, partendo dallo studio dell’ecosistema, attraverso l’analisi dei fattori che influenzano la propensione imprenditoriale, fino alla costituzione della nuova impresa e il ruolo che un incubatore può avere nel suo sviluppo. L’analisi dell’ecosistema imprenditoriale si focalizza sulla definizione degli attori che lo compongono, le relazioni tra di essi e sulle politiche che dovrebbero essere implementate per la creazione di un ecosistema funzionante. Non esiste una “formula” prestabilita; ogni “area geografica” deve trovare un suo modello, che risulta essere unico. La seconda parte del lavoro si focalizza sulle fonti dell’offerta imprenditoriale. In particolare viene studiata la propensione imprenditoriale di un campione di studenti dell’Università Politecnica delle Marche. La scelta di analizzare un campione di studenti universitari nasce dalla possibilità di anticipare i trend futuri dell’attivazione imprenditoriale in settori ad alto contenuto di conoscenza. In linea con i risultati già ottenuti, i dati mostrano come la propensione imprenditoriale è influenzata da un ampio numero di fattori che possono essere raggruppate in variabili psicologiche, sociali e di contesto. Ma, nello stesso tempo, si evidenziano alcune differenze: l’università assume un ruolo centrale nello stimolo alla propensione imprenditoriale; il contesto istituzionale non influenza la probabilità di uno studente di attivarsi a livello imprenditoriale; il supporto della famiglia e il “role model” dei genitori influiscono con rilevanti differenze di genere. E’ interessante notare, che in paese come l’Italia, caratterizzato da imprese familiari e dal ruolo fondamentale del social network dell’imprenditore, il supporto della famiglia non influenza la probabilità di diventare imprenditori, se si considera il campione degli studenti analizzato. Il passaggio da “manifestazione della propensione di attivazione imprenditoriale” a “costituzione della nuova società” è caratterizzato da un alto tasso di “abbandono”. Questo passaggio viene analizzato attraverso le dinamiche che si creano in un campione di 380 “potenziali” imprenditori durante l’attività di scouting svolta nell’incubatore d’imprese JCube. L’analisi oltre a generare molti dati qualitativi, ha permesso di capire meglio le principali cause di abbandono nella fase pre-start-up, così da fornire indicazioni di policy sia a livello istituzione sia a livello di soggetti, come gli stessi incubatori d’impresa, che supportano i neo-imprenditori con servizi specializzati.
Knowledge intensive entrepreneurship: from the entrepreneurial intention to start-up and growth / Micozzi, Francesca. - (2016 Mar 04).
Knowledge intensive entrepreneurship: from the entrepreneurial intention to start-up and growth
MICOZZI, FRANCESCA
2016-03-04
Abstract
This work aims to analyse the entire entrepreneurial process starting from the entrepreneurial ecosystem, through the study of the factors affecting the entrepreneurial propensity and the start-up of a new company, and the role of business incubators on the take-off and growth of new ventures. The analysis of the entrepreneurial ecosystem is focused on its main actors; the relationships among them and the policy that should be implemented to create a supportive ecosystem. There is no one standard template for building such ecosystems; each "region” must find its own unique approach. The second part of the study is focused on the sources and dynamics of entrepreneurial supply. In particular, it analyses the entrepreneurial orientation of a large sample of Polytechnic University of Marche’s students. The focus on young, well-educated, potential entrepreneurs is justified by the possibility to anticipate future trends in the entrepreneurial supply in knowledge-based sectors. In line with previous research in other countries, entrepreneurial intent is explained by a wide set of variables, including psychological, social and contextual factors. Most of the results obtained confirm the previous findings with some differences: the university support is perceived as salient, while the lack of institutional and professional support and perception of friends and family support, on the contrary, do not affect the propensity, with some exception for females; the parents’ role model is only significant for the females, while for males is significant the friends’ role model. It is notable how, in a country characterized by the widespread and relevant role of “strong ties” and where the family is crucial in feeding a strong entrepreneurial supply, that family support is perceived to be not relevant in stimulating entrepreneurship. Research on nascent entrepreneurship shows that there is a self-selection during the entrepreneurial process from “thinking about self-employment” to “discovery and exploitation” phase to start-up. To understand the reason of high rates of “abandonment”, the study was conducted on a sample of 380 nascent entrepreneurs during the scouting activity of business idea. The study, apart to generate a large number of descriptive statistics, sheds light on the impact and relative importance of some explanatory variables connected with the pre-start-up phase. Knowledge of the behavior of nascent entrepreneurs is important for those actors involved in supporting start-ups in their birth and growth (like a business incubator) and for those creating and maintaining policy measures on a macro-economic level.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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