This paper studies the extent to which higher education graduates with higher intrapreneurial skills – creative, brokering, and championing skills – are more involved in innovation. Crucially, we differentiate between graduates employed in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations and those employed in business occupations. Using data on higher education graduates from 11 European countries, we find that, in both STEM and business occupations, high levels of creative skills are important to involvement in innovation. Higher levels of brokering skills are particularly important for graduates employed in STEM occupations, whereas higher levels of championing skills are particularly important for those in business occupations. We find, however, that the innovative potential of graduates with higher levels of intrapreneurial skills is not optimally utilized for innovation. Our study provides valuable insights for those selecting graduates for STEM and business occupations based on specific intrapreneurial skills to foster both product and process innovation, as well as for those in charge of designing higher education study curricula.

本文研究了具有较高的内部创业技能（包括创造力，经纪人和拥护者技能）的高等教育毕业生更多地参与创新。至关重要的是，我们区分了从事科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）职业的毕业生与从事商业职业的毕业生。使用来自11个欧洲国家/地区的高等教育毕业生的数据，我们发现，在STEM和商业职业中，高水平的创造力对于参与创新至关重要。较高的经纪技巧水平对于在STEM职业中就业的毕业生尤其重要，而较高的拥护技巧对于在商业职业中的毕业生尤其重要。但是，我们发现 具有较高的脑内技能水平的毕业生的创新潜力未得到最佳利用。我们的研究为那些基于特定的脑内技能来选择STEM和商业职业的毕业生，以促进产品和流程创新，以及负责设计高等教育学习课程的人提供有价值的见解。