Environmental factors and entrepreneurial activity in Latin America [Factores del entorno y actividad emprendedora en américa latina]

The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the influence of environmental factors on entrepreneurial activity, focusing on Latin America, and using the institutional approach as theoretical framework. Through a panel data model with information from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and Doing Bu...

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2011
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Universidad de Medellín
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Entrepreneurial activity
Entrepreneurship
Global entrepreneurship monitor (GEM)
Institutional economics
Latin America
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spelling 2015-10-09T13:16:44Z2015-10-09T13:16:44Z201110128255http://hdl.handle.net/11407/1321The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the influence of environmental factors on entrepreneurial activity, focusing on Latin America, and using the institutional approach as theoretical framework. Through a panel data model with information from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and Doing Business, we demonstrate that informal institutions, such as political stability, control of corruption and role models are related to the entrepreneurial activity. Likewise, contrary to the expected results, formal institutions, such as procedures and time for starting a new business, and business and entrepreneurial skills, do not have a significant influence on entrepreneurship in Latin American countries.enghttp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1974138Academia, 2011, issue 48, pp 31-45ScopusEnvironmental factors and entrepreneurial activity in Latin America [Factores del entorno y actividad emprendedora en américa latina]Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ecUniversidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainUniversidad de Medellín, Medellín, ColombiaUniversidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainAlvarez C.Urbano D.Entrepreneurial activityEntrepreneurshipGlobal entrepreneurship monitor (GEM)Institutional economicsLatin America11407/1321oai:repository.udem.edu.co:11407/13212020-05-27 16:22:44.236Repositorio Institucional Universidad de Medellinrepositorio@udem.edu.co
dc.title.spa.fl_str_mv Environmental factors and entrepreneurial activity in Latin America [Factores del entorno y actividad emprendedora en américa latina]
title Environmental factors and entrepreneurial activity in Latin America [Factores del entorno y actividad emprendedora en américa latina]
spellingShingle Environmental factors and entrepreneurial activity in Latin America [Factores del entorno y actividad emprendedora en américa latina]
Entrepreneurial activity
Entrepreneurship
Global entrepreneurship monitor (GEM)
Institutional economics
Latin America
title_short Environmental factors and entrepreneurial activity in Latin America [Factores del entorno y actividad emprendedora en américa latina]
title_full Environmental factors and entrepreneurial activity in Latin America [Factores del entorno y actividad emprendedora en américa latina]
title_fullStr Environmental factors and entrepreneurial activity in Latin America [Factores del entorno y actividad emprendedora en américa latina]
title_full_unstemmed Environmental factors and entrepreneurial activity in Latin America [Factores del entorno y actividad emprendedora en américa latina]
title_sort Environmental factors and entrepreneurial activity in Latin America [Factores del entorno y actividad emprendedora en américa latina]
dc.contributor.affiliation.spa.fl_str_mv Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Universidad de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia
Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
dc.subject.keyword.eng.fl_str_mv Entrepreneurial activity
Entrepreneurship
Global entrepreneurship monitor (GEM)
Institutional economics
Latin America
topic Entrepreneurial activity
Entrepreneurship
Global entrepreneurship monitor (GEM)
Institutional economics
Latin America
description The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the influence of environmental factors on entrepreneurial activity, focusing on Latin America, and using the institutional approach as theoretical framework. Through a panel data model with information from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and Doing Business, we demonstrate that informal institutions, such as political stability, control of corruption and role models are related to the entrepreneurial activity. Likewise, contrary to the expected results, formal institutions, such as procedures and time for starting a new business, and business and entrepreneurial skills, do not have a significant influence on entrepreneurship in Latin American countries.
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