Shaping the social orientation of academic entrepreneurship: an exploratory study Available to Purchase

Jason Jahir Roncancio-Marin holds a Ph.D. in Business Economics from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is a visiting professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and an adjunct professor of Social Entrepreneurship at Vesalius College (Brussels, Belgium). In his research, he seeks to position innovation and entrepreneurship outcomes as agents of sustainable development, considering their various theoretical and practical aspects (i.e. entrepreneurial behavior, non-IP-based academic entrepreneurship and technology transfer, and the internationalization of innovations and entrepreneurship). Prof. Roncancio has presented his work as the principal author in international conferences like the Academy of Management (AOM) 2020, 2021, R&D 2018, and T2S 2017. He has been part of projects financed by the European Union to promote entrepreneurship and has collaborated with the Digital Communication Team of the Entrepreneurship Division of the AOM. Additionally, he has contributed to other international organizations (e.g. OAS, Clinton Foundation, Novartis Foundation) in support of Start-ups and entrepreneurs and has acted as a reviewer for the Journals of Technology Transfer, Business and Society, Business and Society Review, Accountancy and Business, Systemic Practice and Action Research, Business and Society, and TFSC.

Nikolay A. Dentchev is an associate professor of Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Belgium, and a visiting professor at the University of National and World Economy in Bulgaria. He holds the VUB Chair of Social Entrepreneurship with founding partners Close the Gap, Euroclear and the National Bank of Belgium. His current research interests are related to the topics of social entrepreneurship, BoP entrepreneurship, ecosystem development and entrepreneurial universities for sustainability. In addition to theoretical output, Nikolay and his team support the development of social and student entrepreneurship in Belgium and abroad.

Maribel Guerrero is a professor of Entrepreneurship at the School of Business and Economics (Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile) and an associate professor at the School of Public Affairs (Arizona State University, USA). Prof. Guerrero is also an affiliated member of the CIRCLE - Center for Innovation Research (Lund University, Sweden) and visiting professor of the BEROC - Belarusian Economic Research and Outreach Center (Belarus). Prof. Guerrero holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in Business Economics at the Department of Business of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain). Her main research interests are focused on the determinants and impacts of entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial activities developed by individuals, public and private organizations; the configuration/evolution of entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems; and the role of diversity and minority entrepreneurship on the configuration of entrepreneurship ecosystems and the socio-economic development of emerging economies. She is part of the editorial board of the Journal of Technology Transfer (Associate Editor), Journal of Small Business Management (Associate Editor), Small Business Economics (Associate Editor) and Technology Forecasting and Social Change (Advisor Board). Currently, she is also a member of the AOM Entrepreneurship Division Executive Committee (Treasurer), Strategic Management Society (SMS), Technology Transfer Society (T2S) and others.

Abel Alan Diaz-Gonzalez holds a PhD in Business Economics from the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB), Belgium. In the summer of 2022, he joined the School of Business Economics at Maastricht University as an assistant professor in Social Entrepreneurship. His research focuses on the supportive function of social entrepreneurial ecosystems. Abel has conducted field research in Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Belgium, where he is also involved in different capacity-building projects. He is currently involved in the leadership of international conferences and associations such as IABS and New Business Models. Abel has acted as a reviewer at various conferences and for journals, including the Journal of Cleaner Production, Business and Society Review, Business and Society and the Journal of Accountancy and Business.