Influência do ambiente universitário na intenção empreendedora: uma análise comparativa para universidades públicas e privadas no Brasil

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the entrepreneurial intention (IE) in different institutional environments in Brazil: Public and Private Universities. For this purpose, we used the model of Krueger et al., (2000) known as The Classic Entrepreneurial Intentions Model. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire in three public and three private universities in southern Brazil (cities of Pelotas, Rio Grande and the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre). We performed a comparative analysis using the econometric method of difference in differences. Furthermore, the consistency was tested between the data and the proposed model. The results were in agreement with previous studies showing that students of private universities have higher entrepreneurial intentions, nevertheless our data also show that students already had that mentality before going to the university. Thus, there is no difference in the influence of public and private university setting in the IE, except in the factor that expresses the desire to learn about entrepreneurship. For this factor, students of public universities show a decreased level of desire from the beginning to the end of the graduation period, while in private universities that desire keeps constant. As for the consistency of the model of Krueger et al. (2000) we haven’t get enough adjustments to validate the model.