Cultural-cognitive Dimension and Entrepreneurial Activity: A Cross-country Study

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between independence, risk taking, creativity, and entrepreneurial activity at the country level, in the light of institutional economics, concretely using the cultural-cognitive dimension. The main findings demonstrate through a regression mo...

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Autores principales: Claudia Alvarez, David Urbano
Formato: Artículo científico
Publicado: Universidad de Los Andes 2012
Materias:
Sociología
Entrepreneurship
Independence
Risk Taking
Creativity
Institutional Economics
Acceso en línea:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=81524581014
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=co/co-003&d=81524581014oai
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topic Sociología
Entrepreneurship
Independence
Risk Taking
Creativity
Institutional Economics
spellingShingle Sociología
Entrepreneurship
Independence
Risk Taking
Creativity
Institutional Economics
Claudia Alvarez
David Urbano
Cultural-cognitive Dimension and Entrepreneurial Activity: A Cross-country Study
topic_facet Sociología
Entrepreneurship
Independence
Risk Taking
Creativity
Institutional Economics
description The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between independence, risk taking, creativity, and entrepreneurial activity at the country level, in the light of institutional economics, concretely using the cultural-cognitive dimension. The main findings demonstrate through a regression model that risk taking and creativity have a positive and significant influence on entrepreneurship. Data were obtained from the World Values Survey, for the period 2005-2008, from a sample size of 42 countries. The study advances the literature by providing new information on the effect of environmental factors on entrepreneurial activity. Also, the research contributes to the definition of educational policies that promote favorable attitudes to risk taking and creativity, thereby increasing the number of potential entrepreneurs.
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David Urbano
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title Cultural-cognitive Dimension and Entrepreneurial Activity: A Cross-country Study
title_short Cultural-cognitive Dimension and Entrepreneurial Activity: A Cross-country Study
title_full Cultural-cognitive Dimension and Entrepreneurial Activity: A Cross-country Study
title_fullStr Cultural-cognitive Dimension and Entrepreneurial Activity: A Cross-country Study
title_full_unstemmed Cultural-cognitive Dimension and Entrepreneurial Activity: A Cross-country Study
title_sort cultural-cognitive dimension and entrepreneurial activity: a cross-country study
publisher Universidad de Los Andes
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