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000130690 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1108/IJSE-02-2020-0113
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000130690 041__ $$aeng
000130690 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-0553-6360$$aMorales, Marina$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000130690 245__ $$aThe effect of cultural environment on entrepreneurial decisions
000130690 260__ $$c2021
000130690 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted
000130690 5203_ $$aPurpose
This paper empirically examines whether the cultural environment plays a role in entrepreneurial decisions in Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia.
Design/methodology/approach
To explore this issue, we use data from the Adult Population Survey of 2010–2015 provided by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). To calculate the cultural factor, we utilize additional information from the GEM National Expert Survey data and estimate a probit model to measure the effect of culture based on an unobserved latent variable of satisfaction, measured through a dichotomous variable identifying entrepreneurs.
Findings
Results show a positive and statistically significant relationship between the cultural factor and the individual choice of entrepreneurial activity. Our findings are subjected to a range of robustness checks. We extend this analysis to an examination of cultural values as predictors of entrepreneurship status in collectivist and individualist countries. Our results point to collectivist and individualist roles as being among the mechanisms through which the cultural environment may operate.
Originality/value
This is the first empirical work that clusters a wide range of variables provided by the GEM NES data to obtain a cultural indicator, and then applies this indicator to the GEM APS micro-data. Policy-makers should consider these results in order to promote entrepreneurship through culture in collectivist and Mediterranean countries, but use other channels in individualist and Anglo-Saxon countries.
000130690 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/
000130690 592__ $$a0.396$$b2021
000130690 593__ $$aSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)$$c2021$$dQ2
000130690 593__ $$aEconomics and Econometrics$$c2021$$dQ2
000130690 594__ $$a2.3$$b2021
000130690 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
000130690 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-9957-6613$$aVelilla, Jorge$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000130690 7102_ $$14000$$2415$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Análisis Económico$$cÁrea Fund. Análisis Económico
000130690 773__ $$g48, 9 (2021), 1309-1330$$tInternational Journal of Social Economics$$x0306-8293
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