The objective of this article is setting a cornerstone to compare and understand the phenomenon of graduate entrepreneurship in developing and developed countries. Our central research questions are: Are there differences in the entrepreneurial intentions of university students? What are the...

Factors that influence the creation and developmentof innovative start-ups, particularly university-based start-ups, are examined.Previous research has found that reasons for creating academic spin-off firmsinclude perception of market opportunity, independence, presence of anentrepreneurial...

Paying particular attention to firm founders' international orientation, the factors that influence the success of start-up firms originating from universities are investigated; more specifically, whether university researchers who have launched new ventures are globally oriented enough to survive...