The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the influence of environmental factors on entrepreneurial activity, focusing on Latin America, and using the institutional approach as theoretical framework. Through a panel data model with information from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and Doin...

This research analyse the situation of entrepreneurship in Spain, and compares it to other countries. The results show that there is room to improve and three key factors are identified. These three factors: culture, education and financing of early stage ventures, could help improve the level...

An entrepreneurial society refers to places where knowledge-based entrepreneurship has emerged as a driving force for economic growth, employment creation and competitiveness. In this context, entrepreneurial universities play an important role as both knowledge-producer and a disseminating...

The main proposal of the paper is to analyze the human resources management practices adopted by some Spanish SMEs in order to promote and develop corporate entrepreneurship. A case study method is used to explore the corporate entrepreneurship activities developed by three SMEs. The main...

Purpose – The main objective of this paper is to analyse the influence of environmental factors on entrepreneurship at the Spanish regional level, using institutional economics as the theoretical framework for the research. Additionally, this work aims to emphasize how environmental conditions...

Las sociedades emprendedoras se destacan porque el emprendimiento y el conocimiento son considerados como fuerzas impulsoras del crecimiento económico, la creación de empleos y la competitividad en los mercados globales. Todas las esferas (la pública, la privada y la académica) funcionan...

Given the important role that entrepreneurship plays in economic and social development, further progress is needed in the analysis of its determinants. Thus the objective of this paper is to study the influence of environmental factors on entrepreneurial activity, using institutional economics...

Entrepreneurial universities where multifaceted efforts are made to ensure their contribution to regional economic development have been the focus of many case studies. Using institutional economics as the theoretical framework, we conducted two empirical investigations to advance the literature...

The purpose of this chapter is to analyse the main sociocultural factors and their impact on female entrepreneurship in the innovative service sector in Catalonia (Spain) and to establish differences to male initiatives using the institutional approach as a theoretical framework. Based on a...