Title: Determinants of entrepreneurial innovation: evidence from Kuwait

Authors: Talla M. Aldeehani; Moid U. Ahmad

Addresses: College of Business Administration, Kuwait University, Kuwait ' Scholeio (OPC) Private Limited, NCR, India

Abstract: Innovation score of a country is imperative to the entrepreneurial culture of any country which subsequently affects the local economy. A high-income country like Kuwait is expected to be high on this rationale but literature suggests otherwise. This paper is based on the 14 pillars of global entrepreneurship index (GEI) to investigate the determinants of entrepreneurial innovation in Kuwait and analysis the favourable and unfavourable factors. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used to investigate the causal relationships amongst the 14 pillars of entrepreneurship. We found that the government inefficiency is the main reason for the lack of entrepreneurship stimulus in the country. We found three explanatory latent variables: government efficiency, entrepreneurial risk, and skills/qualification which affect entrepreneur's innovation. Entrepreneur's qualification was observed with a direct link to innovation with significant direct and total influence.

Keywords: entrepreneurial innovation; factor analysis; structural equation modelling; SEM; global entrepreneurship index; GEI; Kuwait.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2023.134823

International Journal of Business Excellence, 2023 Vol.31 No.3, pp.355 - 369

Received: 03 Aug 2020
Accepted: 02 Nov 2020
Published online: 14 Nov 2023 *

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