The roles of entrepreneurial university and regional conditions for graduate entrepreneurship: a configurational approach

Huang, Shuangfa, Beynon, Malcolm J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5757-270X, Battisti, Martina, Pickernell, David and Jones, Paul 2024. The roles of entrepreneurial university and regional conditions for graduate entrepreneurship: a configurational approach. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 37 (1-2) , pp. 188-213. 10.1080/08985626.2024.2361685

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Abstract

This study conceptualizes graduate entrepreneurship as a spatial phenomenon. Specifically, we explore how combinations of university-related (knowledge exchange intensity and entrepreneurship support) as well as regional conditions (economic prosperity and entrepreneurial culture) might explain the presence or absence of high graduate entrepreneurship as possible (or likely) explanations based on a configurational approach. We applied fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to a dataset using HE-BCIS (Higher Education-Business Community Interaction Survey) survey and the UK’s ONS (Office for National Statistics) data for England covering a five-year period, combined with map-based analysis to identify distinct pathways that explain the presence or absence of graduate entrepreneurship across different regions. Findings demonstrate that university-related and regional conditions can complement each other in different ways to explain high levels of graduate entrepreneurship, but absence of one can also suppress the effect of the other, resulting in the absence of high graduate entrepreneurship.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis Group
ISSN:	0898-5626
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	31 May 2024
Date of Acceptance:	24 May 2024
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2024 14:29
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/169352

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