Influence of national and regional level social capital on entrepreneurial activity

IF 1.9 4区管理学 Q3 MANAGEMENT

Cross Cultural & Strategic Management Pub Date : 2021-12-06 DOI:10.1108/ccsm-07-2021-0129

K. Cox, Jason Lortie, Ratan J. S. Dheer

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Abstract

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the influence that national levels of social capital have on entrepreneurial activity. Specifically, we argue that national and regional level social capital positively influences the ability of entrepreneurs to mobilize and access important resources thereby positively impacting the rate of entrepreneurship within nations and regions.Design/methodology/approachWe advance a multilevel and multidimensional conceptualization of social capital. Then based on a dataset of 68 nations and 665 within-nation regions, we empirically evaluate the effects of social capital at the national and regional level in explaining differences in entrepreneurial activity across nations and regions using a combination of regression analysis and multilevel hierarchical linear modeling (HLM).FindingsOur findings emphasize the importance of formulating a multilevel conceptualization of social capital for entrepreneurship research. We discuss the results, provide implications for public policy and suggest avenues for future research.Originality/valueThe overwhelming majority of entrepreneurship research focused on investigating the implications of social capital reside at the individual level of analysis. Our unique inquiry is an inaugural effort to consider this important implications at the macro and meso-level of analysis by examining both regional and national-level effects.

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国家和地区社会资本对创业活动的影响

目的研究国家社会资本水平对创业活动的影响。具体而言，我们认为，国家和地区层面的社会资本对企业家调动和获取重要资源的能力产生了积极影响，从而对国家和地区内的创业率产生了积极的影响。设计/方法论/方法我们提出了社会资本的多层次和多维概念。然后，基于68个国家和665个国家区域内的数据集，我们使用回归分析和多层次线性模型（HLM）的组合，实证评估了国家和区域层面的社会资本在解释国家和区域之间创业活动差异方面的影响。研究结果我们的研究结果强调了为创业研究制定多层次社会资本概念的重要性。我们讨论了研究结果，为公共政策提供了启示，并为未来的研究提出了途径。独创性/价值绝大多数创业研究都集中在调查社会资本的影响上，并停留在个人层面的分析。我们独特的调查是通过研究区域和国家层面的影响，在宏观和中观层面的分析中考虑这一重要影响的首次尝试。

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Cross Cultural & Strategic Management MANAGEMENT-

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4.70

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12.00%

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