Entrepreneurial Implementation Intentions Among Bulgarian STEM Students: Facilitators and Constraints

Abstract

Despite the important role of entrepreneurial implementation intentions for closing the intention-behavior gap, empirical evidence on their drivers and mechanisms is scant and inconclusive. In the case of college students’ technology-driven entrepreneurship, the objective of the present study is to examine whether implementation intentions are contingent on the university environment in which the progression from entrepreneurial intentions to subsequent actions unfolds. The sample for this study is composed of 299 Bulgarian STEM students, who reported technology-based entrepreneurial intentions. A binary logistic regression is applied to examine four specific mechanisms that facilitate or impede the students’ actual implementation intentions. Findings suggest that students enrolled in universities that provide greater concept development support are more likely to have formed specific implementation intentions, while students in more research-intensive universities are less likely to do so. Practitioner implications and recommendations for future research are provided.

Citation

Yordanova, D.I., Pergelova, A., Angulo-Ruiz, F. and Manolova, T.S. (2023), "Entrepreneurial Implementation Intentions Among Bulgarian STEM Students: Facilitators and Constraints", Ramadani, V., Kjosev, S. and Sergi, B.S. (Ed.) Entrepreneurship Development in the Balkans: Perspective from Diverse Contexts (Lab for Entrepreneurship and Development), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 95-112. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83753-454-820231006