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Business Creation Stability: Why is it so Hard to Increase Entrepreneurship?

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The substantial diversity among countries in the level of business creation is accompanied by a high level of year to year consistency for individual countries. It would appear that the national value structures are relatively stable over time, are related to a wide range of national characteristics, and have a major impact on the readiness of individuals to pursue business creation. Countries with a strong emphasis on traditional rather than secular-rational values and an emphasis on self-expressive rather than survival values have more adults ready for entrepreneurship. This leads directly to a higher national prevalence of nascent entrepreneurs and new firm owner-managers; more business creation is followed by greater economic growth. The difficulty in adjusting these national values may be the reason that the multitude of policy initiatives to increase entrepreneurship have met with limited success.

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  • Reynolds, Paul D., 2015. "Business Creation Stability: Why is it so Hard to Increase Entrepreneurship?," Foundations and Trends(R) in Entrepreneurship, now publishers, vol. 10(5-6), pages 321-475, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:now:fntent:0300000058
    DOI: 10.1561/0300000058
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    1. Pau Sendra-Pons & Sara Belarbi-Muñoz & Dolores Garzón & Alicia Mas-Tur, 2022. "Cross-country differences in drivers of female necessity entrepreneurship," Service Business, Springer;Pan-Pacific Business Association, vol. 16(4), pages 971-989, December.
    2. Pilar Bernal & Beatriz Domínguez & Javier Montero, 2022. "When are entrepreneurs more environmentally oriented? An analysis of stakeholders' pressures at different stages of evolution of the venture," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(3), pages 828-844, March.

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    Keywords

    Business creation; Global Entrepreneurship Monitor; Nascent entrepreneurship; Small firm growth;
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    JEL classification:

    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship

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