Cross-Country Entrepreneurial Intentions Study: The Danube Region Perspective

Urban Sebjan (), Polona Tominc () and Darja Borsic ()
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Urban Sebjan: University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Maribor, Slovenia
Polona Tominc: University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Maribor, Slovenia
Darja Borsic: University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Maribor, Slovenia

Croatian Economic Survey, 2016, vol. 18, issue 2, 39-76

Abstract: In this article, we investigate how entrepreneurial intentions of individuals in the eight countries of the Danube region are shaped by different components of individuals’ personal attitudes, the subjective norm and personal behavioral control. We analyze the internal structure of these components as well as some demographic and human capital factors. Cultural and developmental differences influencing variation in causal effects among variables in the model are analyzed. Structural equation modeling is used for data obtained by adult population surveys within the GEM research. Results of our study show that the entrepreneurial intention model is applicable across countries and that the internal effects among components of motivational antecedents exist, although not all hypothesized relationships are confirmed. Our study suggests that the process from perception to intention is similarly shaped across the eight countries of the Danube region, although there are several differences in the magnitude of causal effects as well as differences regarding influential factors.

Keywords: entrepreneurial intentions; motivational antecedents; cultural and developmental differences; Danube region (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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