Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem’s Drivers: The Role of Higher Education Organizations

Abstract

Extant empirical entrepreneurship studies recognize that the main challenge of emerging economies is transforming into entrepreneurial societies. Following this perspective, the involvement of several actors (government, universities, entrepreneurs, investors, etc.) is required in this evolutionary process. In this regard, emerging economies' governments promote the configuration of entrepreneurial ecosystems to achieve this transformation. Even in previous insights, the role of each actor is an interesting attention for academics and policy makers. In this sense, this chapter tries to provide a better understanding about the role of higher education organizations as driver of entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in Mexico. Our analysis provides evidence about the relevance of incentives in configuration of triple mission of Mexican higher education organizations as well as their lower participation in the involvement of innovation and entrepreneurial activities.