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).
COBISS.SI-ID: 19393510
Policy 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.
COBISS.SI-ID: 19206886
The monography provides an assessment of the current state and intentions to invest in eco-technologies as well as the development and testing of the model of introduction of eco-technologies for Slovenian firms. The results show that incentive-providing policy measures in fact have a positive impact on eco-investments. Eco-investments in the past, the importance for consumers and business performance also have positive effects on eco-investments. Slovenian firms do not recognize environmental issues only as a cost and are therefore not merely passive in their views on environmental issues. To some extent at least, firms are obviously aware of what eco-investments can bring them and that revenues can exceed costs. These results offer good promises for the future.
COBISS.SI-ID: 256046336
Based on the detailed analysis of literature in the field of measuring innovativeness, a new methodology for measuring innovativeness was developed. Unlike most of the similar mehodologies, it comprehensevely includes all phases of innovation – from the evaluation of innovation process inputs to its outputs/results. The key advantage of the presented methodology is a more total inclusion of the most demanding part of this process – the innovation process management, the central phase, where innovation inputs are transformed into outputs. The statistical analysis of the data, gather with a survey, is also presented. This analysis offers support to the policymakers for designing the measures for increasing innovation and competitiveness in Slovenia.
COBISS.SI-ID: 260798208