The Determinants of Success in Entrepreneurship: A Study in the Urban Area of Ecuador

Dante Ayaviri-Nina (), Jessica Cáceres-Guzmán, Gabith Miriam Quispe Fernández and Alba Isabel Maldonado-Nuñez
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Dante Ayaviri-Nina: Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Administrativas, Centro de Investigación para la Innovación y Desarrollo Regional (CIIDER), Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo (UNACH), Riobamba 060103, Ecuador
Jessica Cáceres-Guzmán: Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Administrativas, Centro de Investigación para la Innovación y Desarrollo Regional (CIIDER), Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo (UNACH), Riobamba 060103, Ecuador
Gabith Miriam Quispe Fernández: Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Administrativas, Centro de Investigación para la Innovación y Desarrollo Regional (CIIDER), Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo (UNACH), Riobamba 060103, Ecuador
Alba Isabel Maldonado-Nuñez: . Facultad de Informática y Electrónica, Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo (ESPOCH), Riobamba 060103, Ecuador

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 6, 1-11

Abstract: This research work aims to identify the main factors that determine the success of the enterprises established in the urban area of Riobamba (Ecuador). The research is descriptive and correlational. The field study includes a survey applied to 57 companies. For the analysis, the econometric model of binary logistic regression is used, taking nine explanatory variables. The main results show that the main determinants of success in ventures are represented as the most significant variable human capital explained by experience, academic education, and age; the greater the human capital, the greater the possibility of achieving success in ventures. Financial capital is another important variable that significantly determines entrepreneurial activity. Finally, social capital has a direct relationship with the success of ventures.

Keywords: determinants; entrepreneurship; human capital; financial capital; social capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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