THE COUPLING BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY: TIGHT IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BUT LOOSE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

In this paper we compare the coupling between entrepreneurship policy and entrepreneurship activity in developed and developing countries. Using new institutional arguments, we argüe that developing countries are prone to implement policies that (1) are based on experiences in developed countries wh...

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Autores principales: SCHØTT,THOMAS, WICKSTRØM JENSEN,KENT
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Publicado: Universidad de Chile. Departamento de Economía 2008
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-528620080002000052009-06-02THE COUPLING BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY: TIGHT IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BUT LOOSE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIESSCHØTT,THOMASWICKSTRØM JENSEN,KENT Entrepreneurship policy entrepreneurship activity developed vs. developing countries In this paper we compare the coupling between entrepreneurship policy and entrepreneurship activity in developed and developing countries. Using new institutional arguments, we argüe that developing countries are prone to implement policies that (1) are based on experiences in developed countries which have not proven to transfer flttingly to developing economies, (2) are onlypartly implemented and are not internally consistent as a result ofa lack of resources to do so, and (3) are more beneficial on paper than on actual activity Following this perspective, the coupling between entrepreneurship policy and entrepreneurship activity is hypothesized to be lowerfor developing countries than for developed countries. Using GEM data correlating the TEA index of early-phase entrepreneurship with indicators of policies obtained from key expert informants supports this proposition.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Chile. Departamento de EconomíaEstudios de economía v.35 n.2 20082008-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-52862008000200005en10.4067/S0718-52862008000200005
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topic Entrepreneurship policy
entrepreneurship activity
developed vs. developing countries
spellingShingle Entrepreneurship policy
entrepreneurship activity
developed vs. developing countries
SCHØTT,THOMAS
WICKSTRØM JENSEN,KENT
THE COUPLING BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY: TIGHT IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BUT LOOSE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
description In this paper we compare the coupling between entrepreneurship policy and entrepreneurship activity in developed and developing countries. Using new institutional arguments, we argüe that developing countries are prone to implement policies that (1) are based on experiences in developed countries which have not proven to transfer flttingly to developing economies, (2) are onlypartly implemented and are not internally consistent as a result ofa lack of resources to do so, and (3) are more beneficial on paper than on actual activity Following this perspective, the coupling between entrepreneurship policy and entrepreneurship activity is hypothesized to be lowerfor developing countries than for developed countries. Using GEM data correlating the TEA index of early-phase entrepreneurship with indicators of policies obtained from key expert informants supports this proposition.
author SCHØTT,THOMAS
WICKSTRØM JENSEN,KENT
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WICKSTRØM JENSEN,KENT
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title THE COUPLING BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY: TIGHT IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BUT LOOSE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
title_short THE COUPLING BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY: TIGHT IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BUT LOOSE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
title_full THE COUPLING BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY: TIGHT IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BUT LOOSE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
title_fullStr THE COUPLING BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY: TIGHT IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BUT LOOSE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
title_full_unstemmed THE COUPLING BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY: TIGHT IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BUT LOOSE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
title_sort coupling between entrepreneurship and public policy: tight in developed countries but loose in developing countries
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