Explaining new firm creation in Europe from a spatial and time perspective: A multilevel analysis based upon data of individuals, regions and countries

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  • Christian Hundt
  • Rolf Sternberg

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  • Ruhr-Universität Bochum
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)223-257
Seitenumfang35
FachzeitschriftPapers in regional science
Jahrgang95
Ausgabenummer2
Frühes Online-Datum14 Aug. 2014
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Juni 2016

Abstract

This paper seeks to better understand the significance of spatial context conditions and personal attributes for early-stage entrepreneurship. We combine individual with regional and national level data using multilevel analysis to test our hypotheses. We differentiate between two phases in the entrepreneurial process as well as between general and ambitious entrepreneurship. First, we show that both the national and the regional context significantly impact individual entrepreneurial activities. Second, individual level characteristics exert the greatest overall influence, but the direction of this influence is not stable. Third, the impact of the three levels varies across the different phases in the entrepreneurial process as well as between different types of start-ups. Fourth, we demonstrate that cross-level interactions between individual characteristics and spatial context factors are important in explaining entrepreneurial activities.

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Explaining new firm creation in Europe from a spatial and time perspective: A multilevel analysis based upon data of individuals, regions and countries. / Hundt, Christian; Sternberg, Rolf.
in: Papers in regional science, Jahrgang 95, Nr. 2, 06.2016, S. 223-257.

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