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Underlying Factors National Entrepreneurial Activity: A Cross-Country Study

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  • Erman A Sumirat

    (Research Division, Laboratory of Management FE UNPAD)

  • Sunu Widianto

    (Research Division, Laboratory of Management FE UNPAD)

Abstract

Entrepreneurship has been regarded as one of the important factors that support growth and socioeconomic development of a country because it can provides so many jobs, which ultimately will improve the welfare state and competitive advantage (Zahra, 1999). Prior studies have been conducted research which is none of the comprehensive approach taken to explain the factors that encourage entrepreneurial activity that occurred in various countries around the world (Lee and Peterson, 2000). Therefore this study used a multidiscilpinary approach to understanding the phenomenon of entrepreneurship activity with a coherent paradigm that has not been widely explored as proposed by Aldrich and Baker (1997). This study found that Individualism negatively significant influence TEA which means the higher level of individualism of a country the lower Entrepeneurial activity. Moreover, cost enforcing contracts significantly influence national entrepreneurial activity which means the higher level of cost enforcing contracts the higher level of TEA.

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  • Erman A Sumirat & Sunu Widianto, 2010. "Underlying Factors National Entrepreneurial Activity: A Cross-Country Study," Working Papers in Business, Management and Finance 201007, Department of Management and Business, Padjadjaran University, revised Jul 2010.
    • Handle: RePEc:unp:wpaman:201007
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    1. Sarath BANNEHEKA & Ilya BYSTROV, 2015. "Is the individualism/collectivism dimension decisive in generation of economic growth?," STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS PETRU MAIOR SERIES OECONOMICA, Petru Maior University, Faculty of Economics Law and Administrative Sciences, vol. 1, pages 1-14, December.

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    Keywords

    total entrepreneurship activity (TEA); competitiveness; entrepreneurship;
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    • G0 - Financial Economics - - General

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