What is National System of Researchers (SNI)

Scarce research was identified regarding the academic entrepreneur as a critical agent of change and its relation within the process of academic entrepreneurship, as well as the dynamics of different factors in the decision to become an entrepreneur. The study of academicians' entrepreneurial intention is of special relevance due to their roles as teachers and researchers, and because entrepreneurs are part of innovation ecosystems, entrepreneurial universities, entrepreneurship, and innovation itself. Accordingly, academic entrepreneurs have become the focus and strategic orientation of decision makers in the higher education system. Consequently, the purpose of this descriptive study is to contribute to the knowledge of the characteristics of academicians in Mexico and the way these characteristics influence the entrepreneurial intention. In this chapter, a sample of 209 scholars was obtained. The results show significant differences for entrepreneurial intention depending on previous work experience and formation.