Export-oriented entrepreneurship and regional economic growth

José González-Pernía () and Iñaki Peña-Legazkue

Small Business Economics, 2015, vol. 45, issue 3, 505-522

Abstract: We analyse the impact of export-oriented entrepreneurship on regional economic growth using data for Spanish regions over the 2003–2013 period. We draw on economic growth, knowledge spillover and international entrepreneurship theories to assert that export-oriented entrepreneurship is important for the economic development of sub-national regions. Consistent with previous findings, we found that Spanish regions with higher levels of opportunity-driven entrepreneurial activity exhibit higher rates of economic growth. Moreover, regions with a higher percentage of the adult population engaged in export-oriented entrepreneurial activity show higher GDP growth rates. This effect also seems to be stronger as the intensity of export-oriented entrepreneurial activity increases up to a threshold level. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015

Keywords: Export orientation; Entrepreneurial activity; Economic growth; International entrepreneurship; Regional competitiveness; R11; L26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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