Culture, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development. An Empirical Approach

Achim Monica Violeta (), Borlea Sorin Nicolae () and Văidean Viorela Ligia ()
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Achim Monica Violeta: Faculty of Economics and Business Administratin, Babes-Bolyai University, str. Teodor Mihali no. 58-60, 400591Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Borlea Sorin Nicolae: Faculty of Economic Sciences, Doctoral School of Finance, University of Oradea, 1 Universităţii Street, Oradea ,410087Oradea, Romania
Văidean Viorela Ligia: Faculty of Economics and Business Administratin, Babes-Bolyai University, str. Teodor Mihali no. 58-60, 400591Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 2021, vol. 11, issue 1, 28

Abstract: This paper investigates the influence of culture on the level of entrepreneurship and the possible moderating role of the level of economic development upon this relationship. For our purpose, an initial sample of 125 countries (43 high-income and 82 low-income countries) is used, over the 2006–2016 time period. At first, we use a panel analysis of the reduced sample which is furthermore completed by a hierarchical regression analysis. Our main results provide clear evidence that culture represents an important predictor of the level of entrepreneurship. Among the dimensions of culture, uncertainty avoidance and indulgence versus restraint are found to have the highest influence upon the level of entrepreneurship. Moreover, our empirical findings reveal that the relationship between culture and entrepreneurship is moderated differently by economic development. Thus, high-income countries face a three times higher rate of entrepreneurship than low-income countries. Our findings suggest that culture is more valued in high-income countries offering a higher social support in entrepreneurial activities than in low-income countries. We also find that some cultural patterns such as individualism, femininity, low uncertainly avoidance, short-term orientation or restrain may stimulate entrepreneurship in high-income countries but may be very dysfunctional in low-income countries. Our findings are also useful for policy makers to acknowledge the relationship between the cultural values of a country and its entrepreneurial activities, in order to adjust their policy measures for a better stimulation of the business environment.

Keywords: culture; economic development; entrepreneurship; Hofstede (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 M13 O57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1515/erj-2018-0091

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