The aims of this study are to: (a) critically review and identify gaps in current literature on entrepreneurial self-efficacy, (b) provide a definition of entrepreneurial self-efficacy that addresses some of those gaps, and (c) explore the role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy during the phases of a business start-up process. Our research defines entrepreneurial self-efficacy using three sources of dimensionality. The first includes the particular aspect of entrepreneurship to which self-efficacy is applied, whether to business start-up or business growth activities. The second sources of dimensionality refers to the content of self-efficacy beliefs (task or outcome goal beliefs), and the third source to the valence of entrepreneurial self-efficacy beliefs (positive or negative control beliefs).
B.06 Other
COBISS.SI-ID: 19393510Policy makers are increasingly recognizing the catalytic role of academics’ spin-off companies in a national economy, which derives from their innovativeness that result in new value generation, and job creation. Although research on academics’ spin-off companies has been increasing, knowledge gaps exist as to the specific determinants and processes that characterize the emergence of academics’ entrepreneurial intentions that lead them to spin off companies. This research aims to fill this gap. Drawing from psychological and entrepreneurship research on intentionality, the authors propose a conceptual model of academics’ entrepreneurial intentions. They empirically test the model using structural equation modeling and a robust data set collected in two European academic settings to guide future research on this important topic.
E.01 National awards
COBISS.SI-ID: 19206886The article presents the state of cultural and creative industries in Slovenia. It combines the results of this project with the Central Europe project Creative Cities. Since the Potential of creative industries was the main topic of the conference, this contributtion was a great opportunity to present the issues to all different target groups gathered there – from the creatives to entrepreneurs and managers, media, educational institutions and policymakers. Therefore, this presents an important contribution towards the improvement of the awareness about cultural and creative industries in Slovenia.
F.18 Transfer of new know-how to direct users (seminars, fora, conferences)
One of the project results presents also the finding, that in Slovenia, the awareness about the role and potential of design is far too low and needs to be increased. The published article in the Podjetnik (Entrepreneur) magazine presents one of the steps towards achieving this socio-economic goal. Namely, this magazines target group (entrepreneurs) at the same time presents one of the most critical groups with regard to this issue. Besides this article, there were also other presentations (mentioned in the next section) which made a contribution towards achieving this goal, and in the future, there will be others.
F.17 Transfer of existing technologies, know-how, methods and procedures into practice
COBISS.SI-ID: 1645710