Entrepreneurship and Culture

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Freytag, Andreas. (Editor), Thurik, Roy. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Economics.; Regional planning.; Entrepreneurship.; Economics/Management Science.; Economics general.; Regional and Cultural Studies.; Industrial and Organisational Psychology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87910-7

The book is an innovative compilation of papers that explore the relationship between cultural features and entrepreneurship. The relative stability of differences in entrepreneurial activity across countries suggests that other than economic factors are at play. The contributions to this edited vol...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Culture and the Individual Entrepreneur: The Entrepreneurial Spirit and What the Law Can Do About It
• The Entrepreneurial Culture: Guiding Principles of Self-Employment
• Culture, Political Institutions and the Regulation of Entry
• Prior Knowledge and Innovative Success
• Regional Cultural Aspects and the Entrepreneur: Public Research in Regional Networks of Innovators
• Entrepreneurial Cutlture, Regional Innovativeness and Economic Growth
• Transnational Cultural Differences: Entrepreneurship and Its Determinants in a Cross-Country Setting
• Scenario-Based Scales Measuring Cultural Orientations of Business Owners
• Economic Freedom and Entrepreneurial Activity
• Entrepreneurial Culture and Its Effects on the Rate of Nascent Entrepreneurship
• Explaining Cross-National Variations in Entrepreneurship
• Development Over Time: Uncertainty Avoidance and the Rate of Business Ownership Across 21 OECD Countries
• Postmaterialism Influencing Total Entrepreneurial Activity Across Nations.