Institutional environments and entrepreneurial start-ups: an international study
ISSN: 0025-1747
Article publication date: 20 October 2020
Issue publication date: 23 August 2021
Abstract
Purpose
The purposes of this research are to examine how individuals' cognition is related to the rate of entrepreneurial start-ups and how this relationship can be modified by three institutional pillars.
Design/methodology/approach
Drawing upon a multilevel analysis and a global context comprising 67 countries, cross-level analyses are performed to assess the joint effects of entrepreneurial cognition and institutions on the rate of entrepreneurial start-ups.
Findings
The findings confirm the role of entrepreneurial cognition (i.e. self-efficacy, risk attitude and opportunity perception) in individuals' decisions to start new businesses and reveal how this relationship can be diversely influenced by country-level institutional pillars.
Practical implications
This paper could be useful for designing policies to promote entrepreneurial activity through institutions in different countries.
Originality/value
The results contribute to the development of theoretical and knowledge bases by offering a multilevel perspective on how entrepreneurial cognition and institutional environments operate as interacting determinants that influence entrepreneurship.
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Citation
Li, T. (2021), "Institutional environments and entrepreneurial start-ups: an international study", Management Decision, Vol. 59 No. 8, pp. 1929-1953. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-01-2020-0031
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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