Report on institutional and environmental determinants of entrepreneurial management

The objective of this task 1.2 is to study entrepreneurial management in universities, with particular reference to university-industry engagement, commercialization, and spin-off. More in detail, upon the literature reviews undertaken in task 1.1, this task will be focussed on investigating:a)The impacts of university collaborations and entrepreneurship engagement on firms’ innovation and entrepreneurial behaviours and the role of environmental and institutional forces in emerging economies;b)The combined role of environmental uncertainty and the set of institutional incentives and disincentives on university researcher’s decision-making process related to the creation of entrepreneurial spin-offsThe above investigations will be undertaken using quantitative methods. Preceded by the empirical model specifications, the identification of the candidate analyses methods and techniques as well as the specific analysis of the appropriate datasets to be used, such the one used in the studies of Petti et al. (2019) and Tang et al. (2019) or other that may be provided or suitable for the studies, will be done. These, together with the undertaking of the analyses, findings and their implications will be organized in thematic reports.The objective of task 1.3 is to study entrepreneurial management in start-ups and established firms. More in detail, upon the literature reviews undertaken in task 1.1, this task will be focussed on investigating:a)The environmental and institutional factors influencing start-ups performanceb)Human resource management practices, entrepreneurial orientation, and firms’ performanceThe above investigations will be undertaken using, respectively qualitative and quantitative methods. Preceded by the empirical model specifications, the identification of the candidate cases, analyses methods and techniques and the preliminary analysis of cases and specific datasets, the undertaking of these studies, and their implications will be organized in thematic reports.