Entrepreneurship and Culture

Roy Thurik (1) , Marcus Dejardin (2)

1 Centre for Advanced Small Business Economics
2 Centre de recherches en Economie Régionale et Politique Economique

The relative stability of differences in entrepreneurial activity across countries suggests that factors other than economic ones are at play (Freytag and Thurik, 2010). Cultural factors, as a subset of stable contextual factors, may play a role. In this paper, we give examples of various theories on the relationship between cultural values and entrepreneurship, providing both a conceptual basis and an empirical test.

Mots clés: Entrepreneurship; Culture

Domaines: Economies et finances; Gestion et management

Roy Thurik, Marcus Dejardin. Entrepreneurship and Culture. Marco van Gelderen, Enno Masurel. Entrepreneurship in Context, Routledge, pp.175-186, 2012, Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship, 978-0-415-89092-2. ⟨halshs-00943684⟩