Mariana Pita

• Master
• Invited Assistant at University of Aveiro

The purpose of this paper is to grasp the connection between entrepreneurial ecosystems and sustainable entrepreneurship and its relevance for tackling societal challenges. In particular, the work investigates if entrepreneurial ecosystems, through the lens of education and social context, simulate social entrepreneurial orientation. To accomplish...

Gender issues are increasingly studied in entrepreneurship along with the debate about the centrality of resilience in both individuals and organizations; however, the analysis of entrepreneurial initiative based on genderized resilience is a novel insight. Prior studies point that, against the odds, in more vulnerable environments, individuals te...

The main goal of this article is to appraise the existence of different patterns of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, to identify its relationship with Entrepreneurial Initiative, and recommend entrepreneurship policies that may influence the growth of entrepreneurial action. Without evidence on entrepreneurial ecosystems landscape and what determina...

The linkages between entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) and entrepreneurial initiative (EI) have long been studied. The role of education is traditionally recognized has a relevant promoter of economic growth and development, but its moderation effect between EE and EI must be further debated. Thus, this paper draws from entrepreneurial ecosystems th...

Entrepreneurship has been extensively debated in numerous forums from the Academic, Practitioners, and Policymakers, since its recognition as a powerful engine of growth, employment, and innovation (European Commission, 2013). Recently, scholars have moved from individual and personality-based studies to a broader vision, targeting the ecosystem, i...

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EEs) have attracted the attention of academics, practitioners, and policymakers, that attempt to unlock ‘a winning recipe’ considering the different EEs pillars in order to ignite entrepreneurship at large. Therefore, understanding the degree of influence of each pillar on Entrepreneurial Initiative (EI) is helpful in fr...

Entrepreneurial universities are a significant element of entrepreneurial ecosystems and aspire to foster entrepreneurial initiative through their “third mission”. However, while entrepreneurial ecosystems are scrutinized using a contextual approach to detect differences and similarities and how they affect entrepreneurship, little is known about h...

The purpose of this paper is to grasp the connection between entrepreneurial ecosystems and sustainable entrepreneurship and its relevance for tackling societal challenges. In particular, the work investigates if entrepreneurial ecosystems, through the lens of education and social context, simulate social entrepreneurial orientation. To accomplish...

Gender issues are increasingly studied in entrepreneurship along with the debate about the centrality of resilience in both individuals and organizations. However, the analysis of entrepreneurial initiative based on genderized resilience is a novel insight. Prior studies point out that, against the odds, in more vulnerable environments, individuals...

This manual aims to offer a supportive framework to all university staff members who endeavour to launch their students in the area of entrepreneurship and of starting up a business. We would like to describe the former as “ABC”: Academic Business Coaches, as they are coming from and are still working in an academic environment while wanting to als...

Purpose: Entrepreneurial Initiative is believed as being a prosperity engine. Islamic organizations are presently committed to promoting entrepreneurship to generate economic growth, provide job opportunities, reduce government centrality, enhance innovation, and sustainable development. The purpose of this article is to identify which factors affe...

The interest on entrepreneurial ecosystems has been growing since its recognition as a relevant igniter of entrepreneurial activity. Both scholars and practitioners are aware of the importance of developing favorable environments to promote entrepreneurship, nevertheless, it seems that the 'perfect recipe' was not yet discovered. Since countries wo...

The present work explored how education potentiates EE influence on EA. The findings demonstrate that education has a significant effect on leveraging the influence of EE on EA, but negatively.

The present work explored how education potentiates EE influence on EA. The findings demonstrate that education has a significant effect on leveraging the influence of EE on EA, but negatively.

The interest in entrepreneurial ecosystems has been growing since its recognition as a relevant igniter of entrepreneurial activity. Both scholars and practitioners are aware of the importance of developing favorable environments to promote entrepreneurship, nevertheless, it seems that the ‘perfect recipe’ was not yet discovered. Since countries wo...

ABSTRACT: Taking the shortage contributions on entrepreneurial ecosystems quality through the lens of time and space, the present study aims to investigate the relation between entrepreneurial ecosystem quality and entrepreneurial activity during a period of 7 years. The study relies on the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Adult Population Survey an...

Senior entrepreneurship is getting increasing prominence in research, academia, and business. Given the demographic shifts occurring in Western Europe, it is also becoming a nuclear topic of interest for policymakers. Still, existing literature overlooked the emergent trend encompassing older individuals which, with different leitmotifs, starting-u...

Purpose The purpose of this study is twofold, being the first to grasp a broad picture of entrepreneurship determinants in Qatar, and second, to explore the intermediate effect of gender upon other factors affecting the propensity to become an entrepreneur and highlight gender heterogeneity. Combining theories on entrepreneurship determinants and g...

Addressing sustainable development and societal challenges have been placed at the heart of all government priorities, detachedly of country stage of development, as a mean to achieve prosperity through social cohesion and equality. In this setting, entrepreneurship appears to be a powerful tool to encompass economic, social, and environmental goal...

Um dos principais objetivos estratégicos da União Europeia e dos Estados Membros, desde há alguns anos, centra-se na promoção da educação para o empreendedorismo e o desenvolvimento de práticas pedagógicas inovadoras que contribuam para o estímulo das competências essenciais. Neste sentido, as Instituições de Ensino são chamadas a apresentar modelo...

Entrepreneurship is considered a key phenomenon today in economic and social development. Nevertheless, most start-ups fail a few years after being launched. In order to improve the success of start-ups, several initiatives, such as entrepreneurship accelerator programs, are being strongly supported both by public and private organizations. The und...

Tourism is generally acknowledged as one of the economic sectors with higher growth prospects worldwide. As a consequence, the number of tourism education courses has grown significantly in the last decades in order to meet the demands of the qualified workforce. Nevertheless, students who enter this sector will need different skills to face the ch...

In line with policy initiatives to foster economic growth, many universities have taken action to develop a 'third mission' through fostering links with knowledge users and by facilitating knowledge transfer (Etzkowitz, Webster, Gebhardt, & Terra, 2000). In this line, commercialisation through spin-off creation is considered a prime example for gen...

Innovation in the telecommunications industry is usually based on the contribution of a wide variety of actors, and the integration of innovations along the value chain. This falls into the logic of Open Innovation and requires specific competencies to manage associated knowledge and to integrate it into a coherent, successful product, i.e. innovat...

A presente dissertação tem como objectivo principal responder à questão: Como se faz gestão do conhecimento para a inovação no sector das telecomunicações? O presente trabalho apresenta-se dividido em duas partes. Após a revisão da literatura relevante efectuada na primeira parte da dissertação acerca da temática em estudo, na segunda parte faz-se...