What drives entrepreneurship? A configurational analysis of the determinants of total entrepreneurial activity in innovation-based economies.
- Publication Type
- Journal contribution (peer reviewed)
- Authors
- Kuckertz, Andreas / Berger, Elisabeth / Allmendinger, Martin
- Year of publication
- 2015
- Published in
- Die Betriebswirtschaft / Business Administration Review
- Band/Volume
- 75/4
- Page (from - to)
- 273-288
We analyse the effects of culture, economic freedom and well-being on entrepreneurial activity (EA). We employ a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative (fsQCA) analysis to identify previously unknown combinations of predictors of EA in 23 innovation-driven economies. The analysis differentiates between necessity-driven entrepreneurship (NDE) and opportunity-driven entrepreneurship (ODE), reveals different configurations explaining EA, and proposes a role model for policymakers aiming to secure a high proportion of ODE in a particular economy.
Involved persons
Involved institutions
- Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
- Business Start-Ups and Entrepreneurship
- Institute of Marketing & Management
- University of Hohenheim
- Faculties