The Essence of University Entrepreneurial Orientation and its Measurement

Ana Pacheco (), João Ferreira and Jorge Simões ()
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Ana Pacheco: NECE Research Unit, University of Beira Interior & Departmental Unit Business Sciences, Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, Tomar, Portugal
João Ferreira: Department of Business and Economics & NECE Research Unit, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal3QUT-Australian, Centre for Entrepreneurship Research, Brisbane, Australia
Jorge Simões: Departmental Unit Business Sciences, Polytechnic Institute of Tomar & Techn & Art, Tomar, Portugal

Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC), 2023, vol. 31, issue 02, 139-178

Abstract: Despite progress in recognising the popularity of explaining a university’s entrepreneurial orientation (EO), the literature still lacks clear and systematic means of evaluating and measuring university EO. This study seeks to assess the different ways of measuring university EO and develop recommendations for future research to address this gap. Based on a systematic EO review of empirical research were identified three thematic groups: (i) EO and academic entrepreneurship, (ii) EO and entrepreneurial universities, and (iii) EO and academic spinoffs. These results allow for a greater understanding of the research topics and develop an integrated framework, thus helping to measure and refine operationalisations of EO that can help formulate future quantitative studies and increase the empirical accuracy of the field.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial orientation; higher education; academic spinoffs; entrepreneurial universities; academic entrepreneurship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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