Modelo comparativo de factores internos y externos para la creación de emprendimientos de base científica tecnológica en las Instituciones de Educación Superior del Ecuador

Abstract

The objective of this work is to design a model to compare the maturity of research projects, entrepreneurial intention of researchers, and the maturity level of the environment of Higher Education Institutions (HEI) of Ecuador to create scientific technological based ventures. This model is based on variables and sub variables adapted from bibliography as inputs for this model, which reply to previous studies of the project "Towards a systemic model for the creation of scientific-technological-based ventures in Higher Education Institutions of Ecuador". To validate the variables and sub variables weights, the Delphi method has been used with experts from different Ecuadorian. The Multicriteria Decision Analysis methodology, which uses matrices and algebraic calculations to obtain an objective and numerical rating was used to data processing. Once the components and variables had been established, an instrument was designed to unify all the information and to evaluate the institutions simultaneously and comparatively under the same parameters. The validation was done with three Higher Education Institutions of the country; correlations between sub variables were determined, and the key factors for beneficial environment in the creation of science-technology-based ventures were identified. The model helped to determine that a favorable entrepreneurial environment or ecosystem for HEIs promotes a better entrepreneurial intention of the researchers; as a result, there would be research projects with a higher maturity level for the creation of technology-scientific-based ventures in Ecuador