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The Relation Between Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Entrepreneurship Rates Over Time: An Approach Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis

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Inside the Mind of the Entrepreneur

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In recent years, entrepreneurship has been seen as one of the keys to a country’s economic growth and development. From one perspective, this relationship exists because entrepreneurship can be explained as an economic dynamic from Schumpeter’s creative destruction paradigm. This dynamic can be explained by both macroeconomic and behavioural factors. For instance, some macroeconomic variables, like investments in human capital, have influence in entrepreneurship (and not only infrastructure investments). According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), entrepreneurial behaviours and attitudes are also important in determining entrepreneurship rates. Among these, the GEM identifies self-perceptions (perceived opportunities, perceived capabilities, fear of failure and entrepreneurial intention), motivations and expectations (high job creation). In this chapter, we propose to use qualitative comparative analysis to verify which of these entrepreneurial behaviours, perceptions and attitudes (conditions) are more important for higher entrepreneurship rates. Using longitudinal information from GEM, we investigate the influence of those conditions over time. The combination of a large sample with the methodology we use are innovative features of this chapter. Our main results, using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis, point that most important conditions are entrepreneurial intentions, and good perceptions about opportunities and one’s own capabilities.

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  1. CEFAGE-UE, IIFA, Universidade de Évora, Largo dos Colegiais 2, 7000, Évora, Portugal

    Paulo Ferreira & Andreia Dionísio

  2. Escola Superior Agrária de Elvas, Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre, Elvas, Portugal

    Paulo Ferreira

  3. Universidade Europeia, Lisboa, Portugal

    Paulo Ferreira

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  1. University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    Ana Tur Porcar

  2. University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    Domingo Ribeiro Soriano

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Ferreira, P., Dionísio, A. (2018). The Relation Between Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Entrepreneurship Rates Over Time: An Approach Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis. In: Tur Porcar, A., Ribeiro Soriano, D. (eds) Inside the Mind of the Entrepreneur. Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62455-6_4

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