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T1 Social and human capital as determining factors of entrepreneurship in the spanish regions
T2 Capital social y humano como determinantes del emprendimiento en las regiones españolas
A1 Neira Gómez, Isabel
A1 Portela Maseda, Marta
A1 Cancelo Márquez, Maite
A1 Calvo Babío, Nuria
K1 Determining factors of entrepreneurship
K1 Regional development
K1 Social capital
K1 Human capital
K1 Determinantes de emprendimiento
K1 Desarrollo regional
K1 Capital social
K1 Capital humano
K1 Economía
K1 Economics
K1 Geografía
K1 Geography
K1 Sociología
K1 Sociology
AB Entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity are considered key factors of the economic growth because they usually bring on behaviors aligned with the market development, productivity and social cohesion. This study aims to analyze the factors that influence the entrepreneurial role, and provide a better understandingof this behavior from a dynamic perspective, in order to support policies for encouraging entrepreneurship. To do this we used the data presented in the report of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), in its 2011 edition, which is based on an empirical analysis of a sample of 27,000 Spanish citizens. The results confirm that the perception of market opportunities, and having the skills and knowledge required to create new companies are explanatory factors of the entrepreneurial activity. However, it is also possible to assert that the increase of the entrepreneurial activity rate motivated by the need of self-employment of the entrepreneur influences the increase of fear of failure, and this could generate a dynamic harmful to the business creation in the medium term. Our model aims to support the decisions of public institutions about the incentive measures for entrepreneurs. This work contributes to the study of ntrepreneurshipand business creation from a multidisciplinary perspective, incorporating psychological, sociological and economic approaches from a dynamic perspective. It also allows an in-depth analysis of factors undetected with other methodologies. We examined the determining factors of entrepreneurship by estimating a logitmodel based on entrepreneur’s social capital (networking) and the geographical location (region) of the business activity. This analysis has shown significant differences of these factors according to the stage of the entrepreneurial process. These results have let discuss the implications for the entrepreneurial dynamic, in order to support new policies in favor of entrepreneurship.
PB Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional (AECR)
SN 2340-2717
YR 2013
FD 2013
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/26974
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/26974
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 19-abr-2024