From knowledge to entrepreneurship: sources, productions, and conditions

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dc.contributor.advisorMandakovic Pizarro, Vesna
dc.contributor.authorCid Gutiérrez, Sebastián Felipe
dc.coverage.spatialConcepción
dc.date.accessioned2026-10-16T11:42:56Z
dc.date.available2026-10-16T11:42:56Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.descriptionA thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
dc.description.abstractEntrepreneurship is widely understood as a mechanism through which knowledge contributes to economic development. However, the relationship between knowledge and entrepreneurial activity is neither automatic nor homogeneous. While existing research has focused on knowledge generation and its aggregate effects, less attention has been paid to the conditions under which knowledge is effectively mobilized into entrepreneurial activity, a limitation that is particularly relevant in the context of knowledge-based policies. This thesis addresses this gap by examining how different dimensions of knowledge, its sources, its production, and the contextual conditions in which it is embedded, jointly shape entrepreneurial activity through three complementary studies. The first study develops a systematic literature review to classify knowledge sources in entrepreneurship research, revealing a bias toward codified and institutionalized forms, while experiential and context-specific sources remain underexplored. The second study analyzes how knowledge production, particularly university-related outputs, influences individuals’ likelihood of engaging in high-impact entrepreneurship. Using a multilevel design, the results show heterogeneous effects, with scientific knowledge positively associated with high-impact entrepreneurship, while the expansion of formal education exhibits weaker or even negative relationships, varying by individuals’ educational background. The third study adopts a configurational approach to examine how ecosystem conditions shape the effective mobilization of knowledge, with preliminary analyses suggesting multiple combinations of factors under which individuals can translate knowledge into entrepreneurial activity. Overall, the thesis demonstrates that the transformation of knowledge into entrepreneurship depends on the interplay between knowledge sources, production mechanisms, and contextual conditions, highlighting the conditional and context-dependent nature of this process and offering theoretical, empirical, and policy-relevant contributions.
dc.format.extent178 p.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11447/11287
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversidad del Desarrollo. Facultad de Economía y Negocios
dc.subject040008C
dc.subjectKnowledge
dc.subjectSpillover
dc.subjectUniversities
dc.subjectEntrepreneurship
dc.subjectEcosystems
dc.titleFrom knowledge to entrepreneurship: sources, productions, and conditions
dc.typeThesis
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