02963nas a2200373 a 4500 20260818144915.0 210504s2016 th uu m rtt 0| a1eng d .b12369238 AIT RSPR no.SM-16-07 Perera, L.A.S. Ranjith Key motives of academic entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka 55 leaves : ill. Research studies project report ; no. SM-16-07 A research submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration Research Studies Project Report (M.BA.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2016 Contribution of academics towards the business plays a significant role in a country's economy. It has recognized in the past and proved in some countries that the virtue of acting on the entrepreneurial way of university lecturers, in addition to their traditional ways of teaching and doing research. Identifying the lecturers' motives behind the way of acting entrepreneurially is advantageous in strengthening the tripartite relationship between university, industry and government. Hence, the aim of this research was to identifying the key motives of university lecturers in Sri Lanka to act as academic entrepreneurs. The data were gathered from university lecturers at three main state engineering faculties which possess different contextual factors from each other. This is a qualitative research based on the interviews with a sample of thirty lecturers. Basically, motives of individuals to engage in academic entrepreneurial endeavours were investigated. Then, the impact of formal and informal groups in the involvement of such activities was assessed. Finally, eight key motives were identified and contributed fourteen propositions all together to the literature on academic entrepreneurship based on Sri Lankan university contexts, group influence and individual factors. Business and education Sri Lanka Entrepreneurship Education Igel, Barbara, Chairperson Badir, Yuosre, Examination Committee Abeykoon, Harsha, Examinatio Committee Asian Development Bank - Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP), Scholarship Donor Asian Institute of Technology. Research studies project report ; no. SM-16-07 .b12369238 mnait m 231005 0 210504 m a m 0 mnait mnarc 40 20 Barcode : 30050120886907 CREATED : 2021-03-31 RECORD # : i13337002 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050211029219 CREATED : 2021-08-12 RECORD # : i13355983 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 67142 67142 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT RSPR no.SM-16-07 30050120886907 2026-08-18 14:49:15 1 2026-08-18 40 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT RSPR no.SM-16-07 30050211029219 2026-08-18 14:49:15 1 2026-08-18 20