Entrepreneurship and Human Development: An International Analysis

Ballesta, José Antonio Camacho; Rosales, Bladimir José de la Hoz; Torres, Ignacio Tamayo

doi:10.7819/rbgn.v22i4.4081

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“…Nonetheless, our findings are similar to those of previous research that affirms that entrepreneurship is not, in itself, sufficient to favor human development among individuals (Camacho-Ballesta et al. , 2020); if the entrepreneurship option does not suit the individuals' personal characteristics or attributes (e.g.…”

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How entrepreneurship drives life satisfaction among people with intellectual disabilities (PwID): a mixed-method approach

Barba‐Sánchez

Martín

Estévez

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PurposeThe high and persistent unemployment rates of people with intellectual disabilities (PwID) reveal the wide gap that still remains to be bridged. Entrepreneurship combinedly with a high enterprising tendency could improve PwID's life satisfaction.Design/methodology/approachA mixed-method approach was used, based on questionnaires and structured face-to-face interviews on 37 PwID who had recently become entrepreneurs. Data were firstly quantitatively analyzed using partial least squares-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM), and qualitative data were used to enable robust findings.FindingsThe entrepreneurial tendency of PwID who had recently become entrepreneurs was found to be a positive to their life quality (LQ), job satisfaction and life satisfaction.Research limitations/implicationsThis study revealed that entrepreneurship among PwID who had high enterprising tendency enhances their LQ, job satisfaction and life satisfaction. However, further research could evaluate whether becoming an entrepreneur is in itself enough to change PwID's life to better, such that a comparison could be done between PwID who become entrepreneurs and PwID who have a salaried job.Practical implicationsNew aspects in the design of public social policies to improve PwID's life satisfaction are suggested. These include the facilitation of both entrepreneurship and enterprising tendency for PwID to enhance their life satisfaction.Originality/valueThere are very few occasions in which PwID set up businesses. This is one of the first studies to analyze the benefit of entrepreneurship and enterprising tendency on the LQ, the satisfaction at work and the life satisfaction of PwID.

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How entrepreneurship drives life satisfaction among people with intellectual disabilities (PwID): a mixed-method approach

Barba‐Sánchez

Martín

Estévez

et al. 2023

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“…The effects of necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship on economic growth/development and individuals’ wellbeing vary greatly (Acs, 2006; Svetek and Drnovšek, 2022). Being forced into entrepreneurship (self-employment) because all other options for entry into the labor market are either lacking or inadequate can even lead to underdevelopment and unhappiness because it is usually a survival activity, with limited impact on the lives that people really desire and restricting agency and the development of human competences (Ballesta et al , 2020).…”

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Do refugee inflows contribute to the host countries’ entrepreneurial rates? A dynamic panel data analysis, 2000–2019

Noorbakhsh

Teixeira

2023

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Purpose This study aims to estimate the impact of refugee inflows on host countries’ entrepreneurial rates. The refugee crisis led to an increased scientific and public policy interest in the impact of refugee inflows on host countries. One important perspective of such an impact, which is still underexplored, is the impact of refugee inflows on host countries entrepreneurial rates. Given the high number of refugees that flow to some countries, it would be valuable to assess the extent to which such countries are likely to reap the benefits from increasing refugee inflows in terms of (native and non-native) entrepreneurial talent enhancement. Design/methodology/approach Resorting to dynamic (two-step system generalized method of moments) panel data estimations, based on 186 countries over the period between 2000 and 2019, this study estimates the impact of refugee inflows on host countries’ entrepreneurial rates, measured by the total early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA) rate and the self-employment rate. Findings In general, higher refugee inflows are associated with lower host countries’ TEA rates. However, refugee inflows significantly foster self-employment rates of “medium-high” and “high” income host countries and host countries located in Africa. These results suggest that refugee inflows tend to enhance “necessity” related new ventures and/ or new ventures (from native and non-native population) operating in low value-added, low profit sectors. Originality/value This study constitutes a novel empirical contribution by providing a macroeconomic, quantitative assessment of the impact of refugee from distinct nationalities on a diverse set of host countries' entrepreneurship rates in the past two decades resorting to dynamic panel data models, which enable to address the heterogeneity of the countries and deal with the endogeneity of the variables of the model.

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“…Currently, there are many literature studies on the relationship between entrepreneurship and human development. Most studies confirm that human development and entrepreneurship are closely related (Georgiou, 2009;Gries and Naudé, 2011;UNDP, 2014;Ballesta, et al, 2020). Entrepreneurship has a positive impact on human development (Amorós and Cristi, 2010).…”

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“…Therefore, it can be said that entrepreneurship is positively related to the human development index. Ballesta, et al (2020) in their research has shown evidence that there is a relationship between entrepreneurship and human development. This evidence is given about the impact of entrepreneurship by the necessity for human development.…”

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“…This evidence is given about the impact of entrepreneurship by the necessity for human development. Based on the results of econometric analysis by the regression method, Ballesta, et al (2020) assumed that entrepreneurship has a strong impact on society and that this impact goes far beyond the impact of business on economic growth, including human development. Gries and Naudé (2011) also formalized the role of entrepreneurship in human development.…”

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Human Development and Its Impact on Entrepreneurship

Doan¹

2021

New Trends in Sustainable Business and Consumption

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Entrepreneurship has an important role in the economic and social development of each country. Entrepreneurship creates prosperity, employment, and economic growth. Therefore, building a suitable business environment and promoting entrepreneurship is an important task of the government of each country. Among the factors affecting entrepreneurship, the human factor plays the most important role. In this article, the relationship between human development and entrepreneurship is confirmed through quantitative methods. The results of measuring the impact of human development on the entrepreneurship of countries in the world are also presented. Furthermore, the specific goal of this paper is to present two related indexes -the global entrepreneurship index and the human development index. The study also ansalyzes the relationship between entrepreneurship and human development through the assessment and comparison of these two important indexes. The study is based on data including 134 observed samples from the Global Entrepreneurship Report of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor in 2019 and Human Development Report of United Nations Development Program in 2019. Besides, the implementation of analytical methods such as the graph method, regression method has proven to have a close relationship between the two indices. The results show that promoting human development contributes to entrepreneurship. Therefore, countries need to have policies that contribute to improving human development, which in turn can contribute to support and strongly promote the entrepreneurship of these countries. The results presented contribute to motivating studies that assess the impact of human development on entrepreneurship. The paper concludes with a discussion of the results and implications of the study at the end.

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Entrepreneurship and Human Development: An International Analysis

Cited by 6 publications

References 56 publications

How entrepreneurship drives life satisfaction among people with intellectual disabilities (PwID): a mixed-method approach

How entrepreneurship drives life satisfaction among people with intellectual disabilities (PwID): a mixed-method approach

Do refugee inflows contribute to the host countries’ entrepreneurial rates? A dynamic panel data analysis, 2000–2019

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