This study investigates predictors of scientists' intentions to commercialize their research through business founding. Analyzing a cross-sectional sample of 496 German scientists, we develop and test an intentions-based model of academic entrepreneurship combining personal and contextual...

1. Entrepreneurship and psychology in geographic context: Introduction -- 2. Micro-level psychology of entrepreneurship -- 3. Geographic variation of psychological factors associated with entrepreneurship -- 4. Persistence of regional entrepreneurship -- 5. Historical roots -- 6. Implications...