What drives entrepreneurship? A configurational analysis of the determinants of total entrepreneurial activity in innovation-based economies.

Publikations-Art

Zeitschriftenbeitrag (peer-reviewed)

Autoren

Kuckertz, Andreas / Berger, Elisabeth / Allmendinger, Martin

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Veröffentlicht in

Die Betriebswirtschaft / Business Administration Review

Band/Volume

75/4

Seite (von - bis)

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.