Title: Digital technologies adopted by universities to support entrepreneurial students' spin-offs

Authors: Ronnie Figueiredo; Alvaro Lopes Dias; Maria José Sousa

Addresses: Centre of Applied Research in Management and Economics (CARME), School of Technology and Management (ESTG), Polytechnic of Leiria, Campus 2, Morro do Lena, Alto Vieiro, Leiria, Portugal; Research Center in Business Sciences, NECE (UBI), Estrada do Sineiro, s/n, Covilhã, Portugal; Spinner Innovation Centre (SIC), Quinta da Trindade s/n, Setúbal, Portugal ' TRIE/ECEO, Universidade Lusófona, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal; ISCTE Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Avenida das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal ' ISCTE Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Avenida das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal

Abstract: This paper presents a theoretical approach based on the systematic literature review (SLR) method. The objective of the study was identifying the digital technologies adopted by universities to support entrepreneurial students' spin-offs. We identified 98 studies in the first round of Scopus database, in the period from 2004 to 2022, and conclude the analysis with 42 papers, after others rounds. Data collection was performed through the Boolean technique, using the keywords 'digital innovation' and 'university'. The results point to several technologies, in special MOOCs and mobiles application. The study contributes significantly to future research in the field of entrepreneurial universities, which encourage the generation of digital businesses, from the development of spin offs working to the entrepreneurial students.

Keywords: innovation; spin offs; entrepreneurship; university; management; digital; systematic literature review; SLR.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEED.2024.136211

International Journal of Education Economics and Development, 2024 Vol.15 No.1/2, pp.195 - 219

Received: 28 Feb 2022
Accepted: 05 Sep 2022
Published online: 22 Jan 2024 *

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