Entrepreneurial university ecosystems: does the country's level of development differently affect the students´ entrepreneurial intention A perspective from public universities in Spain and Mexico

Abstract

Entrepreneurial ecosystems in universities is a framework to understand since entrepreneurship is a viable career option after a crisis. However, public universities are vital institutions that provide education in all disciplines and receive most young people interested in learning. Thus, one question comes to mind when the unit of analysis is the public university in a developed country. Does the entrepreneurial university ecosystem matter to improve the entrepreneurial intention of their students?. This research frames a global sample of 436 students, 220 (Spain) and 216 (México) students. Suitable for Structural Equation Modeling. Findings suggest a significant relationship between Entrepreneurial University Ecosystems and the public university; the Theory of Planned Behavior TPB is a crucial mediator and the kind of country not moderate. It contributes to understanding the entrepreneurial contexts for public universities and allows to follow a classification of entrepreneurial university ecosystems as the university-based entrepreneurial ecosystems (U-BEEs.)