The moderating role of education in the relationship between FDI and entrepreneurial activity

Berrill, Jenny; O'Hagan‐Luff, Martha; Stel, André van

doi:10.1007/s11187-018-0121-6

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“…It has been found that the level of education is relevant for entrepreneurial activity [65], although this is not necessarily always the case, since better preparation also affects the possibility of being hired by a company, which would suggest a negative relationship between the level of education of a subject and the preference for self-employment in certain contexts [74]; however, being in a better educational position also affects the potential individuals have given their ability to explore opportunities [71]. Some studies mention the positive links between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship in university contexts [75][76][77], however, there are doubts about the impact [78], since there are mixed and sometimes contradictory results [79,80]; requiring a connection between pedagogical objectives and program design [81]; however, its potential to motivate students to create businesses in the face of economic, social and political challenges imposed by the markets is recognized [59].…”

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Socio-Economic Factors of Rural Entrepreneurs that Influence Agricultural Development in Antioquia

Arias¹,

Ribes‐Giner²,

Arango³

et al. 2021

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Entrepreneurship can help revitalize rural territories and agricultural development; consequently, it is important to know aspects that allow a better understanding of the subjects that undertake in the countryside, in this case, sociodemographic aspects, related to students and graduates of five Faculties of Agricultural Sciences in the Department of Antioquia in Colombia. For this purpose, a previously validated questionnaire was used, collecting 427 complete responses. Chi-square sta-tistical tests were performed to determine the degree of association of entrepreneurial activity with measured sociodemographic variables such as gender, age, marital status, schooling, family environment, and dependents. Once the existence of associations between the variables was ver-ified, a multiple correspondence analysis was performed to identify patterns and trends. A greater favorability for entrepreneurship was found in those subjects belonging to the upper strata of the population, mostly men, with postgraduate studies, from wealthy families, while the poorest and women are mainly oriented towards job search.

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Section: Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Socio-Economic Factors of Rural Entrepreneurs that Influence Agricultural Development in Antioquia

Arias¹,

Ribes‐Giner²,

Arango³

et al. 2021

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“…As Su et al (2018) specified, the FDI might support the sustainable development of a country by improving the quality of human capital. Moreover, Berrill et al (2018) highlight the role of education and FDI in explaining the levels of entrepreneurship of a country.…”

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Foreign Direct Investment and Human Capital Formation

Naroș

2019

Journal of Intercultural Management

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Objective:The main objective of this paper is to reveal the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and human capital. Methodology:The analysis consists in a presentation of main achievements in the literature regarding the contribution of human capital to the attraction of FDI. Findings:The investment in human capital formation has leaded to the increase of labour productivity. This will ultimately result in economic growth. Education has the most important role in the process of human capital formation.Value added: FDI has an important role to play in human resource development through its ability to enhance new skills, information and technologies in multinational enterprises. In this way, FDI becomes a determinant factor for education and professional training, because it is the link between the immediate reality based on creation, introduction of new skills, new technologies and provision of a wide range of information and initial training direction. Recommendations:The economic policies should focus on the attraction of FDI that ensures the improvement of human capital quality. On the other hand, the education policies should focus on a better connection of the human resources to the requirements of the labour market and to offer acknowledge and practice that will help the graduates to correspond to the expectations of foreign investors.

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“…In highly educated countries with increasing FDI levels, domestic entrepreneurs should take into account that they may expect serious competition from foreign investor firms to hire qualified employees. There is a positive spillover effects of inward FDI on entrepreneurship, but a strong negative association between education and entrepreneurship, suggesting that in countries with higher educated populations the number of entrepreneurs is lower but average firm size is higher [8].…”

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Foreign Investors – Friends or Enemies of Domestic Entrepreneurs?

Pavlović¹,

Radišić²,

Ivanišević³

2019

International Scientific Conference ERAZ - Knowledge Based Sustainable Development

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Besides the well-known factors that affect entrepreneurship: economic and technological development, culture and education, FDI should also be considered as an important factor for entrepreneurial development of a host country. Having that in mind, the aim of this paper is to analyze how FDI may affect the host country's entrepreneurial activity, through a literature review. In some of the analyzed papers foreign investors are seen as friends of the host country's entrepreneurship thanks to the capital inflows, know-how, managerial capacity and employment growth, but in some other papers are seen as enemies, owing to increasing import competition and discouraging domestic entrepreneurs. The main contribution of this paper is compressing into a single material an overview of the friendly and unfriendly based effects of FDI on the host country's entrepreneurship.

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The moderating role of education in the relationship between FDI and entrepreneurial activity

Cited by 38 publications

References 77 publications

Socio-Economic Factors of Rural Entrepreneurs that Influence Agricultural Development in Antioquia

Socio-Economic Factors of Rural Entrepreneurs that Influence Agricultural Development in Antioquia

Foreign Direct Investment and Human Capital Formation

Foreign Investors – Friends or Enemies of Domestic Entrepreneurs?

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