The development an entrepreneurial ecosystem in universities and higher education centers

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Economics Entrepreneurship, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

2 Razi University

10.48301/kssa.2024.403938.2612

Abstract

This study aimed to Conceptualize the development ecosystem of entrepreneurship in universities and higher education centers. This is a quanlititive approach based on the purpose of developmental-applied research. In this study, 17 entrepreneurship professors across the country were interviewed. In this section, people were selected based on the purposeful method of criteria, and people who had at least 10 years of experience in this field were interviewed. To analyze the information of these people, thematic analysis was used with the help of MAXQDA software. First, the interviews of these people were extracted, coded and themes were extracted. In this study, 45 codes and 8 categories (dimensional) were identified as factors for the development of academic entrepreneurship ecosystem, which included support and support, financial resources, education and cooperation, improvement of research and development, social interactions, laws and regulations, youthfulness and attention to specialties and development and infrastucture. In general, in order to develop the biodiversity of academic entrepreneurship, special attention should be paid to the dimensions of support and support, financial resources, education and cooperation, improvement of research and development, social interactions, laws and regulations, youthfulness and attention to specialties and development and infrastucture.

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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 06 April 2024
  • Receive Date: 04 July 2023
  • Revise Date: 27 February 2024
  • Accept Date: 05 April 2024