Determinants of social entrepreneurship in Central American university students

Javier Rojas-Segura, Ana Gabriela Víquez-Paniagua, Mario Edgardo López y López, Adriana Cascante-Gatgens, Maynor Barrientos-Amador and Eugenia Ferreto-Gutiérrez
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Javier Rojas-Segura: GAIA University, Miami, FL, USA.
Ana Gabriela Víquez-Paniagua: Escuela de Administración de Empresas, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Campus San Carlos, Alajuela, Costa Rica.
Mario Edgardo López y López: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Dr. Andrés Bello, San Salvador, El Salvador.
Adriana Cascante-Gatgens: Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Sede Central, San José, Costa Rica.
Maynor Barrientos-Amador: Vicerrectoría de Planificación, Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Sede Central, San José, Costa Rica.
Eugenia Ferreto-Gutiérrez: Escuela de Administración de Empresas, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Campus Cartago, Cartago, Costa Rica.

TEC Empresarial, 2025, vol. 19, issue 3, 141-160

Abstract: This study evaluates the influence of factors related to university-industry collaborations (i.e., ties to social organizations, access to internships, support by social mentors) and socially oriented business and financial education on the creation of social ventures among university students in Central America. The study applies a quantitative-qualitative design on a sample of 421 university students in five Central American countries. The quantitative analysis uses an ordered logistic regression model, whereas the qualitative study applies in-depth interviews for a sequential methodological triangulation analysis. Despite the growing importance of social entrepreneurship in Central America, there is a lack of empirical research examining the factors that influence the creation of social enterprises by university students in the Central American region with a propensity to start social enterprises. The results show that having ties to social organizations, participating in internships, receiving support from social mentors, and receiving socially oriented business and financial education positively affects the creation of social enterprises among university students in Central America.

Keywords: University students; social entrepreneurship; Central America; entrepreneurial education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.18845/te.v19i3.8139

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