Measuring entrepreneurial quality in southern Europe
| Autor: | Francisco Javier Santos-Cumplido, Francisco Liñán |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Economía Aplicada I |
| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial quality Southern Europe Entrepreneurial orientation Explanatory model Structural equation modeling Structural equation models Management Information Systems Management of Technology and Innovation Partial least squares regression Regional science Quality level Business Marketing |
| Zdroj: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla instname |
| Popis: | The main objective of this paper is working out an empirical methodology to measure the quality of the entrepreneur’s booster function, so that policy makers have an appropriate diagnosis of the qualities of entrepreneurs in their area. In this sense, two essential elements are the construction of an explanatory model, and the establishment of an entrepreneurial typology with respect to quality levels. This methodology is then applied to determine the quality level of entrepreneurs in Seville province (southern Spain), using Partial Least Squares estimation technique on a survey of 278 entrepreneurs from various activity sectors and with firms of different sizes |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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