“…History, culture, and ideology have played a role in shaping the government attitude and a more or less entrepreneur‐friendly political environment (Tan, 2002). However, in the case of China, notwithstanding ideological frictions (Jiang, 2001), other important factors have contributed positively to entrepreneurial initiatives, including Confucianism, historical inheritance, and a long tradition of trading (Zheng, 2002; Laulusa, 2008; Lu and Tao, 2010; Ma and Cheng, 2010; Li, 2013; Spalaore and Wacziarg, 2013). Strangely enough, the dominant economic theories in the twentieth century have also generally contributed to undermine a favorable attitude with respect to entrepreneurship.…”