Purpose

Doctoral students are promising entrepreneurial actors in university-based ventures, which positively impact the external environment and create value for their universities. In this article, the authors extend current research on academic entrepreneurship by shedding light on the role of university support in the early stage of Ph.D. entrepreneurship. Based on social information processing theory, the authors posit that academic entrepreneurship results from the interplay between doctoral students' human capital and university-level support. A multilevel model is proposed and empirically tested to shed light on the cradle of doctoral students' entrepreneurship by explaining the variance of their entrepreneurial alertness and intentions.

Design/methodology/approach

A model is proposed that explains the combined effect of specific human capital and different forms of university support on doctoral students' cognitive transition from entrepreneurial alertness to intentions. The model was then tested through structural equation modeling (SEM) and multigroup analysis (MGA) on a sample of 187 doctoral students enrolled in Italian universities.

Findings

The SEM results reveal that doctoral students' entrepreneurial alertness is influenced by perceived educational support and human capital. The MGA demonstrates that those who perceive a higher level of support for concept and business development from universities are more likely to convert their alertness into intentions than those who perceive lower support.

Originality/value

The present paper brings to the stage doctoral students as an extremely promising entrepreneurial target. In doing so, it extends academic entrepreneurship studies by detailing how and when the different forms of university support influence their entrepreneurial decisions, along with individual dimensions.

中文翻译：

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博士创业 学生：意图、人力资本和大学支持结构

目的

博士生是大学企业中有前途的创业者，他们对外部环境产生积极影响，为大学创造价值。在本文中，作者通过阐明大学支持在博士早期阶段的作用，扩展了当前对学术创业的研究。创业。基于社会信息处理理论，作者认为学术创业是博士生人力资本与大学层面支持相互作用的结果。提出了一个多层次模型并进行了实证检验，通过解释博士生创业警觉性和创业意向的差异来揭示博士生创业的摇篮。

设计/方法论/途径

提出了一个模型来解释特定人力资本和不同形式的大学支持对博士生从创业警觉到意图的认知转变的综合影响。然后通过结构方程模型 (SEM) 和多组分析 (MGA) 对意大利大学的 187 名博士生样本进行了测试。

发现

SEM结果表明，博士生的创业警觉性受到感知教育支持和人力资本的影响。MGA 表明，那些认为大学对概念和业务发展支持较高的人比那些认为支持较低的人更有可能将警觉性转化为意图。

原创性/价值

本文将博士生作为一个极具前景的创业目标推上舞台。在此过程中，它通过详细说明不同形式的大学支持如何以及何时影响他们的创业决策以及个人维度，扩展了学术创业研究。