Open AccessFEASIBILITY OF TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG BULGARIAN STEM STUDENTS: THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITY
Author(s) -
Desislava Yordanova,
Raya Kanazireva,
Iya Petkova,
Ivanka Mihaylova,
Irena Mladenova
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
proceedings of cbu in economics and business ...
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2695-0707
pISSN - 2695-0693
DOI - 10.12955/peb.v2.268
Subject(s) - entrepreneurship , bulgarian , excellence , context (archaeology) , marketing , sample (material) , globalization , technology readiness level , business , political science , engineering , geography , linguistics , philosophy , chemistry , archaeology , finance , chromatography , law , systems engineering
Technology entrepreneurship involves the creation of a new business whose products and services are based on the application of scientific or technological knowledge. Technology entrepreneurship may play an important role for economic development in the context of increasing globalization. Little research attention has been devoted to the antecedents of the feasibility of technology entrepreneurship. The objective of this study is to identify university determinants of the feasibility of technology entrepreneurship among students enrolled in majors in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in Bulgarian universities. The study uses a sample of 879 university students in STEM majors and applies a binary logistic regression to identify university factors related to the high feasibility of technology entrepreneurship. The results of the present study indicate that university support for entrepreneurship, industry ties and research excellence are related to the feasibility of technology entrepreneurship among Bulgarian STEM students. The empirical findings can help to devise policies and measures for enhancing the feasibility of technology entrepreneurship among STEM students.