Multi-Level Predictors of Academic E-Entrepreneurship: A Review and Future Directions

Abstract

Research on academic entrepreneurship is growing quickly and is accompanied by an increase in more sophisticated technology. Within the field of entrepreneurship, internet entrepreneurship is a major area of study. This paper attempts to examine previous research on predictors of academic e-entrepreneurship at multi-levels. Additionally, this study combines internet entrepreneurship with academic entrepreneurship to investigate the intention of academics as well as entrepreneurs. This study conducts a narrative review of articles, identifies predictors that trigger academics to become entrepreneurs, and proposes a multilevel analysis of the conceptual model. This study finds three levels of analysis that can influence academic e-entrepreneurship. At the individual level, there are human capital and social capital variables. At the organizational level, there is the university entrepreneurship support variable. Finally, at the country level, there is the internet infrastructure variable. This paper introduces the term academic internet entrepreneurial self-efficacy to explain academic e-entrepreneurship among lecturers. This paper presents future research directions based on research of predictors of academic e-entrepreneurship.