Presenting a Student Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Model

Document Type : Case Study

Authors

• Ehsan Salari ¹
• Mohammad Salehi ²
• Maryam Taghvaee Yazdi ²

¹ PhD Candidate in Entrepreneurship, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran

² Associate Professor, Department of Educational Management, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22067/social.2020.39342

Abstract

Given the importance of entrepreneurship in the development and prosperity of the country's economy, understanding ecosystem is of particular importance. Establishment and development of student entrepreneurship ecosystem as one of the most important factors in transforming students into future entrepreneurs, is currently in the spotlight of universities and higher education institutions. After reviewing the researchers conducted on entrepreneurship ecosystem, student entrepreneurship ecosystem in Iran and other foreign countries were explored. Most of the researches are on supporting academic entrepreneurship and no comprehensive attention has been paid to the ecosystem required by entrepreneurship. The study aimed to identify the dimensions and components of student entrepreneurship ecosystem and to present the student entrepreneurship ecosystem model at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview with 13 professors and entrepreneurial ecosystem experts who were selected by sequential sampling method. Dimensions and components of entrepreneurial ecosystem (74 sub-categories and 9 main dimensions) were identified from the interviews and developed in the form of a conceptual model of content analysis. Based on the findings of the study, the dimensions of the student entrepreneurship ecosystem from the perspective of the interviewees are support, education and learning, research, technology, events, communities, policy-making, cultural and social issues, laws, regulations, financial resources, institutions, networks, and interactions.

Keywords

• Ecosystem
• Entrepreneurship
• Student Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
• Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
• Theme Analysis

20.1001.1.20081383.1399.17.1.11.8

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