Regional variations in entrepreneurial cognitions: Start-up intentions of university students in Spain

By F. Liñán, David Urbano, Maribel Guerrero. 2011

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Empirical research has recently paid considerable attention to the role of environmental factors in explaining regional variations in entrepreneurial activity. However, cognitive models have not usually included these factors in their analyses. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to identify some of the environmental cognitive elements that may explain regional differences in start-up intentions. Thus, an entrepreneurial intention model is developed, theoretically based on the planned behaviour approach, institutional economic theory and social capital theory. The empirical analysis is carried out using structural equation techniques over a sample of 549 final year university students from two Spanish regions (Catalonia and Andalusia). Results confirm that valuation of entrepreneurship in each region helps explain regional differences in entrepreneurial intentions. As expected, social valuation of the entrepreneur was higher in the more developed region (Catalonia), positively affecting perceived subjective norms and behavioural control. In Andalusia, the influence of perceived valuation of the entrepreneur in the closer environment was more important, affecting attitude towards the behaviour and subjective norms. These results explain some of the differences in the pool of potential entrepreneurs in each region. They also justify the need by public-policy decision-makers to promote more positive entrepreneurial values in relatively backward regions.

Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation

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Academics’ start-up intentions and knowledge filters: an individual perspective of the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship (2013, background): “of university studies have found a positive effect of these motivational factors on entrepreneurial intentions (Krueger et al. 2000; Veciana et al. 2005; Liñán and Chen 2009; Liñán et al. 2011).”
The role of entrepreneurial passion in the formation of students’ entrepreneurial intentions (2020, background): “In the entrepreneurship field, several scholars have called for the inclusion of additional factors (Liñán, Urbano, and Guerrero 2011; Karimi et al. 2017).”
Twenty-five years of research on institutions, entrepreneurship, and economic growth: what has been learned? (2019, background): “Structural equation model 6 6.12 Guerrero and Urbano (2012), Kirby et al. (2011), Liñán et al. (2011), Manolova et al. (2008), Spencer and Gomez (2004), Stenholm et al. (2013).”
The entrepreneurial university as driver for economic growth and social change - Key strategic challenges (2019, background): “faculty toward entrepreneurship (Liñán et al. 2011), adequate ways of teaching (Kirby (2005), the presence of entrepreneurial role models (Venkataraman, 2004), and appropriate reward system for being an (academic) entrepreneur (Landry et al.”
Perceived public support and entrepreneurship attitudes: A little reciprocity can go a long way! (2020, background): “In this regard, Liñán, Urbano and Guerrero (2011) posit that favourable governmental policies encourage people to venture into new business creation through the creation of positive attitudes toward entrepreneurship.”
The Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intention of Young Researchers: Combining the Theory of Planned Behavior with the Triple Helix Model (2019, methodology): “In the context of entrepreneurship research, TPB has been used to explain and predict different types of entrepreneurial intention, such venture creation (e.g., Kolvereid and Isaksen 2006; Krueger and Brazeal 1994; Li~n an, Urbano, and Guerrero 2011) and new venture development (e.g., Delmar and Wik”
Regional Social Legitimacy of Entrepreneurship: Implications for Entrepreneurial Intention and Start-up Behaviour (2014, background): “First, the study adds significant new empirical knowledge to the limited understanding of how regional social norms affect the formation of entrepreneurial intentions (LIÑÁN et al., 2011) and of how regional features influence the translation of intentions into start-up behaviour (KIBLER, 2013).”
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