scholarly journals ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION IN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A COMPARATIVE BETWEEN G7 AND BRICS COUNTRIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (111) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Carolinne dos Santos Silva ◽  
André Luiz Cavalcanti ◽  
Ricardo Gouveia Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Categorical Data ◽  
Population Survey ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor ◽  
Brics Countries ◽  
Global Entrepreneurship

The objective of this study is to investigate a possible difference in entrepreneurial intention between developed and developing countries. For this purpose, we used the data of the year 2014 of the Adult Population Survey, made available by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). The intentional sample was defined based on two groups: developed countries belonging to the G7 and developing countries, belonging to BRICS. To test the hypotheses, we used non-parametric tests for categorical data. The results show that BRICS countries have greater entrepreneurial intention when compared to the G7 countries. In addition, the BRICS countries do not have the same perception and entrepreneurial intention; finally, we found that men have a greater entrepreneurial intention when compared to women. The study contributes to the literature of entrepreneurship, more particularly when it comes to entrepreneurial profile and intention, advancing with comparative studies between countries with different economic, cultural and social characteristics.

scholarly journals The changing form of overconfidence and its effect on growth expectations at the early stages of startups

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
László Szerb ◽  
Zsófia Vörös
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Population Survey ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Entrepreneurial Skills ◽  
Typical Form ◽  
Global Entrepreneurship

AbstractIn this article, we attempt to explain the failure of many studies to show a link between entrepreneurs’ beliefs in their entrepreneurial skills and the actual or expected growth of their venture. By using Frese and Gielnik’s action-characteristics model of entrepreneurship as an analytical framework and analyzing Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Adult Population Survey data, we show that entrepreneurs’ perceived entrepreneurial skills are consistently inflated over the different phases of the startup, albeit in different ways. Depending on the typical form of overconfidence, the link between skill beliefs and growth expectations may be mediated by expectations about competitive advantages. Moreover, the huge drop in growth expectations is not associated with a drop in perceived skills; instead other entrepreneurial expectations also become more realistic and their effect strengthens with experience.

scholarly journals O Empreendedorismo Social no Brasil: quem são e o que Fazem

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (40) ◽  
pp. 73-77
Author(s):  
Wesley Osvaldo Pradella Rodrigues ◽  
José Francisco dos Reis Neto Reis Neto ◽  
Pablo Antonio Muñoz Gallego ◽  
Alan Francisco Dos Santos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Population Survey ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Social Entrepreneur ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor ◽  
Hybrid Form ◽  
Value Capture ◽  
The Social ◽  
Global Entrepreneurship

ResumoEmpreendedorismo social é visto como uma forma hibrida de empreendedorismo, no qual se prioriza a promoção do valor social e desenvolvimento versus a captura de valor econômico. Este artigo objetiva analisar o perfil do Empreendedor Social (ES) no Brasil, e as diferenças em destaque com o tipificado Empreendedor voltado para o Mercado (EM). Foram utilizados os dados secundários obtidos junto ao GEM Adult Population Survey (APS) 2015/16. A amostra foi constituída por 2000 empresários adultos em atividade, escolhidos de forma probabilística com base no censo brasileiro e, posteriormente, separados em dois grupos, conforme proposto no objetivo. A fim de explorar as diferenças entre estes dois grupos se empregou o teste do qui-quadrado para amostras independentes não paramétricas, utilizando o software SPSS v.25. Os resultados apresentam o perfil dos empreendedores sociais analisados sob as dimensões Atitudes e Percepções Empreendedoras; Atividade Empreendedora e Aspirações Empreendedoras. Apesar de constituir uma pequena parcela empresarial brasileira se concluiu que o empreendedor social se diferencia do empreendedor para o negócio em relação as suas características de conhecimento e habilidade para o negócio social, de analisar e assumir os riscos calculados e proporcionar ideias inovadoras. Ao avaliar o perfil do empreendedor social brasileiro se espera ampliar o conhecimento acadêmico e de negócio, ao identificar os aspectos que diferenciam os empreendedores sociais dos empreendedores voltados para o mercado, possibilitando o delineamento de estudos futuros sobre a temática apresentada. Palavras-chave: Atividade do Empreendedorismo Social. Empreendedorismo Híbrido. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. AbstractSocial entrepreneurship is seen as a hybrid form of entrepreneurship, in which the social value promotion and development is prioritized versus the economic value capture. This article aims to analyze the Social Entrepreneur’s profile (SE) in Brazil, and the differences highlighted with the typified Market-oriented Entrepreneur (ME). Secondary data from the GEM Adult Population Survey (APS) 2015/16 were used. The sample consisted of 2000 active adult entrepreneurs, selected in a probabilistic manner based on the Brazilian census and later separated into two groups, as proposed in the objective. In order to explore the differences between these two groups, the chi-square test was used for nonparametric independent samples using the SPSS v.25 software. The results present the social entrepreneurs’s profile analyzed under the dimensions Entrepreneurial Attitudes and Perceptions; Entrepreneurial Activity and Entrepreneurial Aspirations. Despite constituting a small portion of Brazilian business, it was concluded that the social entrepreneur differs from the market-oriented entrepreneur in terms of knowledge and skill for social business, to analyze and take calculated risks and provide innovative ideas. By assessing the Brazilian social entrepreneur’s profile, it is expected to broaden academic and business knowledge by identifying the aspects that differentiate social entrepreneurs from market-oriented entrepreneurs, enabling the design of future studies on the theme presented. Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship Activity. Hybrid Entrepreneurship. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor.

A Comparison of the Information Needs and Information Seeking Behavior of Entrepreneurs in Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Developing and Developed Countries

2014 ◽  
pp. 126-143
Author(s):  
Linda L. Lillard
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Private Sector Development ◽  
Entrepreneurial Spirit ◽  
Seeking Behavior

“Entrepreneurial spirit has been described as the most important economic development stimulus in recent decades” (Chalhoub, 2011, p. 67). In the early 1990s it was estimated that small to medium sized enterprises SMEs employed 22% of the adult population in developing countries and the role of SMEs is viewed as increasingly important in developing countries because of their capacity to create jobs (Okello-Obura, Minishi-Majanja, Cleote, & Ikoja-Odongo, 2007, p. 369). According to Lingelback, de la Viña and Asel (2005), even though entrepreneurship has been linked to wealth and poverty in developing countries and has played an important role in growth and poverty alleviation, it is the least studied significant economic and social phenomenon in the world today. Examining how the information needs and information seeking behavior of entrepreneurs from developing countries may differ from entrepreneurs in developed countries is important as it has been suggested that “entrepreneurship in developing countries is distinctive from that practice in developed countries and that understanding these distinctions is critical to private sector development in developing countries” (Lingelback, de la Vina, & Asel, 2005, p. 2). A review of the studies produced thus serves as a beginning for designing information packages and information services that can benefit a global population. Consequently, this chapter targets the information needs and information seeking behavior of entrepreneurs revealed in studies associated with SMEs in both developed and developing countries and offers conclusions and recommendations for meeting the information needs of this population.

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