Old habits die hard: pushing the frontiers of entrepreneurship persistence since 1926

Korneliusz Pylak and Sergey Sosnovskikh

Regional Studies, 2025, vol. 59, issue 1, 2355986

Abstract: This study explores the persistence mechanism of both high- and low-quality entrepreneurship in post-Soviet countries, encompassing entrepreneurial culture and historical regional characteristics. While spatial econometrics revealed persistence patterns for both entrepreneurship modes, the pioneering finding concerns the persistence of low-quality entrepreneurship, driven by a scarcity of high-quality role models in 1926. Instead, low-quality role models of sole proprietorships, mainly in the craft, transport, trade and credit sectors, shaped today’s low-quality entrepreneurs, alongside ‘sticky’ regional characteristics such as under-industrialisation and low population density. The study provides important insights into the formation of entrepreneurship in transition economies and offers guidance for policy.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2024.2355986

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