Socio-cultural factors and female entrepreneurship

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the main socio-cultural factors that influence women entrepreneurship in Catalonia, using institutional economics as a theoretical framework. The empirical research employs logistic regression models (rare events logit), utilizing data obtained from the Global...

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2013
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Universidad de Medellín
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Catalonia
Female entrepreneurship
GEM
Institutional economics
Socio-cultural factors
Women entrepreneurship
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spelling 2015-10-09T13:16:46Z2015-10-09T13:16:46Z201315547191http://hdl.handle.net/11407/132610.1007/s11365-013-0251-xThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the main socio-cultural factors that influence women entrepreneurship in Catalonia, using institutional economics as a theoretical framework. The empirical research employs logistic regression models (rare events logit), utilizing data obtained from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor project (GEM). The main findings highlight that 'fear of failure' and 'perceived capabilities' are the most important socio-cultural factors on the probability of becoming a woman entrepreneur. The research contributes both theoretically, advancing knowledge of the socio-cultural factors that affect female entrepreneurship, and practically, helping in the development of educational programmes and support policies to promote entrepreneurial activity. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.enghttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84877119448&partnerID=40&md5=9edc64d3034b65680efe26a0a0c0dbdfInternational Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, volume 9, issue 2, pp 183-197ScopusSocio-cultural factors and female entrepreneurshipArticleinfo: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_16ecBusiness Economics Department, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Building B, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, SpainUniversity of Medellin, Medellín, ColombiaNoguera M.Alvarez C.Urbano D.CataloniaFemale entrepreneurshipGEMInstitutional economicsSocio-cultural factorsWomen entrepreneurshipORIGINALArticulo.htmltext/html587http://repository.udem.edu.co/bitstream/11407/1326/1/Articulo.html44bfb7b470ba782b71c1a880c95c386bMD5111407/1326oai:repository.udem.edu.co:11407/13262020-05-27 16:36:03.38Repositorio Institucional Universidad de Medellinrepositorio@udem.edu.co
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title Socio-cultural factors and female entrepreneurship
spellingShingle Socio-cultural factors and female entrepreneurship
Catalonia
Female entrepreneurship
GEM
Institutional economics
Socio-cultural factors
Women entrepreneurship
title_short Socio-cultural factors and female entrepreneurship
title_full Socio-cultural factors and female entrepreneurship
title_fullStr Socio-cultural factors and female entrepreneurship
title_full_unstemmed Socio-cultural factors and female entrepreneurship
title_sort Socio-cultural factors and female entrepreneurship
dc.contributor.affiliation.spa.fl_str_mv Business Economics Department, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Building B, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
University of Medellin, Medellín, Colombia
dc.subject.keyword.eng.fl_str_mv Catalonia
Female entrepreneurship
GEM
Institutional economics
Socio-cultural factors
Women entrepreneurship
topic Catalonia
Female entrepreneurship
GEM
Institutional economics
Socio-cultural factors
Women entrepreneurship
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