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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments July 5, 2021 erstellt
Description:
In recent years, universities have been expected to support entrepreneurship as part of the social ecosystem to bring economic and social development to regions and countries. Although there have been studies of the entrepreneurial behaviour of professors and literature on institutional influences featuring top American universities, few studies have analysed the impact of institutional aspects on students at leading universities outside the US.This study investigates the influence of institutional perspectives of high-ranked UK universities on student entrepreneurship. A mixed research approach based on critical realism was used to analyse the case of the University of Cambridge. In total, 40 students were surveyed and four students were interviewed. The analysis revealed that those institutions related to the university’s solid academic structure and culture, which are not directly related to entrepreneurial activities, have a negative impact on institutions established to promote entrepreneurial activities. Previous studies have focused on the lack of necessary institutions for entrepreneurship and the counterproductive effects of institutions. This study is unique in that it employs multiple institutional perspectives while focusing on students and suggests a new pattern of institutional misalignments: incompatible interaction between entrepreneurial institutions and non-entrepreneurial institutions.This study clarifies the need for a more in-depth analysis of the impact of multiple institutions at universities, an essential part of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. A managerial implication of the study’s findings is that it is necessary to observe the impact of existing non-entrepreneurial institutions dominant in the organisation or region when establishing new institutions to foster entrepreneurship. Considering the interactions between different institutions in advance may help to avoid institutional misalignments