%0 Journal Article
%A Castaño Martínez, María Soledad
%A Méndez Picazo, María Teresa
%A Galindo Martín, Miguel Ángel
%T The effect of social, cultural, and economic factors on entrepreneurship
%D 2015
%@ 01482963
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23812
%X Current economic downturn encourages extensive research into economic growth engines, with entrepreneurship as one of the key drivers of growth. Although crucial, determining which variables stimulate entrepreneurial activity constitutes a difficult task due to interrelated factors. This study analyzes three groups of factors affecting entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs' perceptions of opportunity: social, cultural, and economic variables. Therefore, this study employs the partial least squares method for two groups of countries: (1) European countries, and (2) Latin-American and Caribbean countries. This approach identifies how these factors' effects differ across different countries.
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