Entrepreneurship and Location: The Cultural Differences Between Two Countries

Joao Ferreira and Cristina I. Fernandes ()
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Cristina I. Fernandes: UBI and Castelo Branco Polytechnic Institute

Chapter Chapter 2 in Entrepreneurship, Regional Development and Culture, 2015, pp 23-34 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract How do regional business cultures affect the local entrepreneurship process? This question has not only received substantial coverage in the literature but also attracted the attention of various researchers. Correspondingly, this study seeks to explore the relationship between culture and entrepreneurship based upon analysis of the factors resulting in the decisions taken by entrepreneurs over the location of their companies in specific regions. Based upon a questionnaire answered by a sample of companies in two companies (Portugal and Brazil), we identified the factors underpinning such decisions on location and the differences existing between these two countries. The results highlight some evidence of a cultural influence as the cause of the differences reported between these two countries. Hence, we verify differentials in the decision making processes taking place in these countries that reflect more emotional and cultural influences revolving around whether or not entrepreneurs were born and raised in their surrounding environments.

Keywords: Business Owner; Entrepreneurial Orientation; Business Leader; Instrumental Rationality; Bartlett Test (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15111-3_2

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