The study focuses on the exploration of entrepreneurship in the university environment and its impact on student entrepreneurial intentions. It specifically examines the influence of the entrepreneurial university ecosystem and support services available at a Hungarian university of applied science in Western Transdanubia Region. The research is based on a survey conducted among students who have demonstrated their commitment to entrepreneurship by participating in a national startup training and incubation program. The study aims to understand the extent to which student entrepreneurship intention is influenced by the university environment and support services, as well as whether these factors can mitigate internal cognitive and external barriers by enhancing entrepreneurial attitudes and perceived behavioral control. The data collected from a relatively large number of students is analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results indicate a strong covariance between perceived university support and environment among students. Additionally, institutional factors have a distinct effect on perceived behavioral control of students. The findings suggest that developing an entrepreneur-friendly university environment based on soft elements is a time-consuming process that requires critical mass before being perceived by the student community. The research contributes to existing literature by providing insights into the influencing mechanisms of higher education on student entrepreneurial intention in a specific socio-economic and geographic context. It also sheds light on students' perceptions of campus environment, which is highly influenced by the ongoing shift towards an entrepreneurial model in Hungary. The survey results may be relevant for stakeholders in other countries and regions beyond the European Union. The study is structured into sections that discuss factors influencing entrepreneurial drive, review relevant literature on entrepreneurial intention, formulate hypotheses to be tested, present the research method (SEM), variables, and their structuring, present the results along with an introduction to testing hypotheses, acknowledge limitations due to focusing only on university students rather than entire population; provide valuable insights into how universities can create an environment conducive to fostering entrepreneurship among students; ultimately contribute to economic growth and innovation.
This study is about how starting a business in college affects students' plans to start their own businesses. It looks at how the university and support services help students become entrepreneurs at a specific university in Hungary. The researchers asked students who had gone through a startup training program about their experiences. They wanted to understand how the university and support services affect students' plans to start businesses and what challenges they face. The researchers used a special way of analyzing the data from many students to find patterns. They found that when students feel supported by the university, they are more likely to want to start their own businesses. This research helps us understand how colleges can encourage entrepreneurship, especially in Hungary."
Definitions
- Entrepreneurship: Starting your own business or being an entrepreneur.
- University: A school where people go after high school to learn more about different subjects.
- Ecosystem: All the things that work together and affect each other in a certain environment.
- Incubation program: A program that helps people with new business ideas develop them into successful companies.
- Survey: Asking people questions to learn about what they think or do.
- Intention: A plan or goal for what you want to do in the future.
- Structural equation modeling (SEM): A way of analyzing data from many people to find patterns or relationships between different things.
- Perceived: What someone thinks or believes, even if it may not be true for everyone.
- Institutional factors: Things related to the organization or system, like rules or
Exploring the Impact of University Environment on Student Entrepreneurial Intentions
Entrepreneurship is an important factor in economic growth and innovation. Universities play a key role in fostering entrepreneurial drive among students, but the impact of university environment on student entrepreneurial intentions has not been fully explored. This article examines a research paper that looks at how the university environment and support services available at a Hungarian university of applied science can influence student entrepreneurial intentions.
Background
The study focuses on understanding the extent to which student entrepreneurship intention is influenced by the university environment and support services, as well as whether these factors can mitigate internal cognitive and external barriers by enhancing entrepreneurial attitudes and perceived behavioral control. The research was conducted in Western Transdanubia Region, Hungary, where there has been an ongoing shift towards an entrepreneurial model.
Research Methodology
The data for this study was collected from a survey conducted among students who have demonstrated their commitment to entrepreneurship by participating in a national startup training and incubation program. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the data collected from a relatively large number of students.
Findings
The results indicate that there is strong covariance between perceived university support and environment among students. Additionally, institutional factors have distinct effects on perceived behavioral control of students. These findings suggest that developing an entrepreneur-friendly university environment based on soft elements takes time before it can be perceived by the student community.
Conclusion & Implications
This research contributes to existing literature by providing insights into how higher education influences student entrepreneurial intention in specific socio-economic contexts such as Hungary’s Western Transdanubia Region. It also sheds light on how universities can create environments conducive to fostering entrepreneurship among students; ultimately contributing to economic growth and innovation across countries beyond the European Union region too.
The exploration of entrepreneurship has become a priority for scientific research in recent years. Understanding this phenomenon is particularly important for the transformation of entrepreneurship into action, which is a key factor in early-stage entrepreneurial activity. This gains particular relevance in the university environment, where, in addition to the conventional teaching and research functions, the entrepreneurial university operation based on open innovation, as well as the enhancement of entrepreneurial attitudes of researchers and students, are receiving increased attention. This study is based on a survey conducted among students attending a Hungarian university of applied science in Western Transdanubia Region who have demonstrated their existing entrepreneurial commitment by joining a national startup training and incubation programme. The main research question of the study is to what extent student entrepreneurship intention is influenced by the environment of the entrepreneurial university ecosystem and the support services available at the university. A further question is whether these factors are able to mitigate the negative effects of internal cognitive and external barriers by enhancing entrepreneurial attitudes and perceived behavioural control. The relatively large number of students involved in the programme allows the data to be analysed using SEM modelling. The results indicate a strong covariance between the perceived university support and environment among students. Another observation is the distinct effect of these institutional factors on perceived behavioural control of students.
