New trends on entrepreneurship research in Latin America and Caribbean countries: evidence from GEM and GUESSS projects – an analytical editorial

Abstract

and L (cid:1) opez et al. (2021), which have regional coverage, the article by Silva et al. (2021) focuses on Chile. It measures the influence of EEPs on the EI of university students, using a sample of more than 4.500 observations obtained from GUESSS Chile 2018. The article uses the model of Ajzen (1990) and analyzes the data through structural equations. Their results show the role of the university context and students ’ entrepreneurial skills on the effect of EEPs. The authors verified, once again, that the variable that best explains the EI is the attitude towards entrepreneurship followed by the control of perceived behavior. In line with Li ~ nan and Chen (2009), they show that, in Chile, the SN indirectly affect EI, playing a mediating role between the attitude towards entrepreneurship and the control of perceived behavior. Their results contribute to a better understanding of Ajzen ’ s (1990) theory of planned behavior in developing economies, such as Latin America, and ratify the findings of L (cid:1) opez et al. (2021), showing evidence for the case of Chile that SN have a mediating role rather than a direct relationship with EI. In addition, the authors make an extension to the referred model by relating variables, such as university environment, skills for entrepreneurship and EEPs, oriented to entrepreneurship with EI.