Title: Culture and entrepreneurship: a quantitative research in the European context

Authors: Lorenza Claudio

Addresses: Department of Management and Quantitative Studies (DISAQ), University of Naples Parthenope, Via Generale Parisi, 13, Napoli, 80132, Italy

Abstract: Scholars have started considering cultural values as factors affecting entrepreneurship, so that cross-cultural entrepreneurship has gradually emerged as a specific branch, aimed at developing knowledge about the cultural norms and values which impact on the inclination towards entrepreneurship in different countries (Engelen et al., 2009). According to Hofstede (1980), previous studies reached different and sometimes contrasting results. This paper aims at contributing to the debate on the topic by investigating if cultural values impact on the individual perceptions and entrepreneurship intentions across-countries. To fairly study cultural values across the European countries, the Hofstede's framework and the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) have been applied.

Keywords: culture; entrepreneurship; Global Entrepreneurship Monitor; GEM; Hofstede.

DOI: 10.1504/EJCCM.2021.114280

European Journal of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management, 2021 Vol.5 No.2, pp.150 - 168

Received: 17 Aug 2019
Accepted: 23 Nov 2020
Published online: 15 Apr 2021 *

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