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T1 Ruiz-Rosa, I., Gutiérrez-Taño, D., García-Rodríguez, F.J. and Gil-Soto, E. (2022). Triggering events in the decision to be an entrepreneur: an analysis of their influence on higher education graduates. Education + Training, 64(7), 942-961. DOI: 10.1108/ET-04-2021-0128
A1 Gil Soto, María Esperanza
A1 Ruiz Rosa, Inés
A1 Gutiérrez Taño,  Desiderio
A1 García Rodríguez, Francisco J.
K1 Entrepreneurship
K1 Higher education
K1 Triggering events
K1 Emprendimiento
K1 Enseñanza superior
AB The present research focuses on an understudied field in the entrepreneurial process: the eventsthat transform intention into effective entrepreneurial behavior.Design/methodology/approach – In this paper a comparative analysis, using the t-test on related samples,is made of the perceptions of these triggering events of a group of graduates who showed entrepreneurialintention in higher education but, up to now, had not taken the decision to start a business with those of a groupwho had started a business. To do this, a sample of 227 graduates from a medium-sized European Universitylocated in Spain, with manifest entrepreneurial intention was used.Findings – The results show that there are important differences between perceptions of entrepreneurshiptriggering events of potential entrepreneurs who have yet to start a company compared to entrepreneurs whohave actually started a company. In this sense, the overevaluation by those who have not yet becomeentrepreneurs of events related to access to finance and the greater relevance for those with entrepreneurialexperience of having a good team and contacts consisting of other entrepreneurs, mentors and advisersstand out.Research limitations/implications – Some of the limitations observed in this work are related to the size ofthe sample analyzed. In the future, the study should be broadened, and different entrepreneurial behavior byacademic specialization, gender, sector and/or type of activities should be investigated.Originality/value – Our study focuses on the phase of the entrepreneurship process in which intentionbecomes action and, more specifically, on those events that favor this change in behavior.
SN 0040-0912
YR 2022
FD 2022
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