Investigating the relationship between entrepreneurship and regional development: case of developing countries

Dvouletý, Ondřej; Gordievskaya, Alisa; Procházka, David Anthony

doi:10.1186/s40497-018-0103-9

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“…There is empirical evidence that the growth of entrepreneurial activity is associated with the economic growth of particular countries. Nevertheless, this relationship might differ over time and across countries, as many scholars have pointed out [1][2][3][4][5][6][7].…”

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“…The positive influence of entrepreneurship on economic growth is described in the concept of entrepreneurship capital that has been described in the article written by Audretsch and Keilbach [8]. Audretsch and Keilbach [8] explain that entrepreneurship capital (operationalised as formation of new businesses) mobilises the mechanism of the creation of new knowledge, innovation spillover, and increases competition and diversity through the establishment of new business activity [5]. The concept of entrepreneurship capital historically relates back to Joseph Alois Schumpeter [9], whose emphasis on innovation activity and the process of creative destruction are still being highlighted in entrepreneurship and innovation management literature nowadays [10][11][12][13].…”

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Development of Entrepreneurial Activity in the Czech Republic over the Years 2005–2017

Dvouletý

2019

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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Although there is a rich debate about entrepreneurship and its impact on economic development, much less is known about the actual levels of entrepreneurial activity. The main aim of the article is, thus, to map the level of entrepreneurial activity in the Czech Republic, its structure, and development during the years 2005–2017. The study is based on the secondary data obtained from national structural business statistics, the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, and the Labour Force Survey. The average rate of entrepreneurial activity in the Czech Republic was 15.2% of the economically active population aged 15–64 years during the analysed period. The activity is dominated by solo-self-employed workers (own-account workers). Job creators represent only 3.2% of the economically active population. Patterns and cohorts of entrepreneurs were identified regarding gender, age, and education. There were 2.5 times more self-employed males compared to females for the past years, and the proportion of job creators is also higher for males. The Czech job creators are on average older (mostly represented in age cohort 40–49 years) compared to solo-self-employed (mainly represented in age cohort 35–44 years) and they have obtained tertiary education to a larger extent. Classification and monitoring of the Czech entrepreneurial activity might serve as an overview for Czech policymakers and regional scholars. Especially from a job creation perspective, it might be very relevant to understand the characteristics of those individuals who employ other workers, aside from themselves. From an international perspective, this study might serve as an inspiration to shed more light on the national levels of entrepreneurship and self-employment.

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Development of Entrepreneurial Activity in the Czech Republic over the Years 2005–2017

Dvouletý

2019

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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“…In general, the more active the entrepreneurship is, the more positive the influence on economic growth will be [18,28]. In addition, the actions of entrepreneurship are deemed an indication of the vital determinants concerning localized economic progression [29]. Indeed, policy-makers expect that entrepreneurship has a positive influence on the country's wealth and employment [29].…”

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“…In addition, the actions of entrepreneurship are deemed an indication of the vital determinants concerning localized economic progression [29]. Indeed, policy-makers expect that entrepreneurship has a positive influence on the country's wealth and employment [29]. Likewise, several scholars have argued that when institutions are not properly working, the influence of entrepreneurship might be negative [29].…”

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Cultural Antecedents of Green Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia: An Institutional Approach

2020

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Recent decades have brought cultural changes toward the increase of environmentally-friendly initiatives such as green entrepreneurship. Some countries are failing to develop environmental initiatives, whereas others are transitioning and advancing toward this new trend. In particular, Saudi Arabia has initiated efforts toward becoming an ecologically-friendly society. Motivated by this, we explore whether cultural characteristics are associated with green entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia. Institutional economics is adopted to frame our hypotheses and analysis. The hypothesized relationships were empirically tested in a sample of 84 observations from 21 cities during the period 2015–2018. Data were collected from reports by the Saudi General Authority and analyzed through regression models. The main results show that cultural characteristics, such as environmental actions, environmental consciousness, and temporal orientation, increase the level of green entrepreneurial activity across cities in Saudi Arabia. The findings of this study contribute to existing knowledge on green entrepreneurship, as well as to the discussion of implications for policy and practice related to environmentally-friendly productive activities.

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“…It has been widely acknowledged by the literature that stable economic growth is closely related to the entrepreneurial capacity of an economy [1][2][3][4][5], although there are studies showing that this relationship might differ across regions and continents [6][7][8]. Concerning the role of entrepreneurship in stimulating economic growth, the importance of carrying out innovations and innovative behaviour is emphasised [1,[9][10][11].…”

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The Impact of Public Grants on Firm-Level Productivity: Findings from the Czech Food Industry

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Blažková

2019

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Studying the effects of public entrepreneurship and small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) policies on productivity (i.e., technological efficiency) is important, because the investment policies primarily aim to reduce allocation inefficiencies, enable usage of economies of scale, promote new production methods and technological development. We reviewed the recently published studies, and we show that they often lack fundamental information, such as a sample description and numbers of supported and non-supported firms. Keeping in mind the importance of transparent and rigorous empirical evaluations, we evaluated the effects of investment support from the European Regional and Development Fund (ERDF) on the productivity of the firms operating in the Czech food processing industry two years after the end of the programme. Methodologically, we apply the propensity score matching approach (PSM) combined with a difference in differences approach (DID) based on the firm-level data accounting for 157 firms (i.e., 77.3% of all beneficiaries within the industry) and a control sample of 1224 firms that have not been supported by the intervention. We use three measures of productivity—production efficiency, labour productivity and total factor productivity (TFP). The obtained findings showed that investment subsidy had a positive impact on labour productivity of supported firms. However, the effects on TFP were negative. The impact on production efficiency indicator was proven to be inconclusive. It follows from the results that the productivity of subsidised firms did not improve through an internal increase in efficiency (efficiency of the use of inputs), which indicates no significant technological change. The subsidy decision-making processes should be more careful and transparent to ensure allocating resources only to the projects with growth potential.

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Investigating the relationship between entrepreneurship and regional development: case of developing countries

Cited by 40 publications

References 49 publications

Development of Entrepreneurial Activity in the Czech Republic over the Years 2005–2017

Development of Entrepreneurial Activity in the Czech Republic over the Years 2005–2017

Cultural Antecedents of Green Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia: An Institutional Approach

The Impact of Public Grants on Firm-Level Productivity: Findings from the Czech Food Industry

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