چکیده:
Due to the importance of technology entrepreneurs’ competencies in the creation and development of technological businesses, a distinct stream of research has been dedicated to this subject. However, given the nature of suchlike studies, it is difficult to reach a common understanding of the competencies. In fact, there is a need to provide some systematization to achieve advancements in the field. A review of 87 articles indexed on Scopus about technology entrepreneurs indicates that competencies of technology entrepreneurs can be classified under three groups of technological competencies, entrepreneurial competencies, and managerial competencies. This classification is used for two purposes, namely to categorize the technology entrepreneurs based on their competencies and to recommend new venues of research to study technology entrepreneurs. This paper can help technology entrepreneurs develop their competencies. It will also be useful in identifying entrepreneurs, and in training and developing the competency of academic entrepreneurs, technology incubators, and accelerators.
خلاصه ماشینی:
A Competency-based Typology of Technology Entrepreneurs: A Systematic Review of the Empirical Studies Mohammad Sadegh Baradaran, Jahangir Yadollahi Farsi, Seyed Reza Hejazi, Morteza Akbari Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran (Received: May 10, 2018; Revised: February 1, 2019; Accepted: March 10, 2019) Abstract Due to the importance of technology entrepreneurs’ competencies in the creation and development of technological businesses, a distinct stream of research has been dedicated to this subject.
Despite the growing body of literature on the competencies of technology entrepreneurs, some divergences and fragmentations have emerged (Beckman, Eisenhardt, Kotha, Meyer, & Rajagopalan, 2012; Wright, Hmieleski, Siegel, & Ensley, 2007).
The presentation of a coherent categorization in this area of research will give us further insights into the competencies of technology entrepreneurs and their role in the creation and development of technological businesses (Yitshaki & Kropp, 2016).
In the present study, the results were presented in the following parts: An overall description of the reviewed articles; The classification of technology entrepreneurs’ competencies; A typology of technology entrepreneurs based on different roles of competencies in the establishment and development of technological businesses; The suggestion of new directions for future studies on the competencies of technology entrepreneurs.
Based on the review of articles, we found that the competencies of technology entrepreneurs are dynamic, and they change during the establishment of a technological business.