Title: Antecedents of entrepreneurial intention with specific reference to cyber entrepreneurship in Delhi/NCR

Authors: Supreet Wahee; Léo-Paul Dana; Navneet Gera; Walter Vesperi

Addresses: KPMG Global Services, Gurugram, India ' Dalhousie University, Canada; Sorbonne Business School, France ' Jagannath International Management School, Kalkaji, New Delhi, India ' University of Messina, Piazza pughiatti, n. 1, Messina, Italy

Abstract: The study aims to examine key drivers of entrepreneurial intention, with specific reference to cyber entrepreneurship. Understanding the key drivers and intention of cyber entrepreneurs has become a central issue in academic and public policy debate. Research is descriptive and causal in nature. A total of 817 students in the final year of management studies program, from management institutes in Delhi/NCR, were surveyed through a self-designed questionnaire. We have employed SPSS and AMOS to analyse the data using exploratory factor analysis and confirmed factor analysis. results of this research signify that all the independent variables such as attitude to entrepreneurship (ATE), entrepreneurship education (EE), perceived structural support (PSS), role of IT (RIT), cyber entrepreneurship intention, cyber entrepreneurial motivation factors and personality traits (PT), emerged as key factors of cyber entrepreneurship. This study offers theoretical exploration and practical research on the determinants of students' cybernetic entrepreneurship intention.

Keywords: entrepreneurship intention; innovative startup; cyber entrepreneurship; theory of planned behaviour; TPB.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2022.120896

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2022 Vol.26 No.1/2, pp.110 - 131

Received: 01 Jun 2020
Accepted: 03 Jun 2021
Published online: 16 Feb 2022 *