A configurational approach to a country’s entrepreneurship level: Innovation, financial and development factors

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.11.009
• Publication Date: 2021-11-16T06:02:07Z
• Authors: Roberto Cervelló-...; Ismael Moya-Clemente; M. Rosario Perell...; Gabriela Ribes-Giner
• Keywords: 9. Industry and infrastructure; 11.- Conseguir que las ciudades y los asentamientos humanos sean inclusivos, seguros, resilientes y sostenibles; 05 social sciences; 1. No poverty; Entrepreneurship; Sustainable development goals; 12. Responsible consumption; 07.- Asegurar el acceso a energías asequibles, fiables, sostenibles y modernas para todos; Innovation level; 11. Sustainability; 8. Economic growth; Country risk; 0502 economics and business; ORGANIZACION DE EMPRESAS; 03.- Garantizar una vida saludable y promover el bienestar para todos y todas en todas las edades; ECONOMIA FINANCIERA Y CONTABILIDAD; Fuzzy qualitative comparative analysis

[EN] The aim of this study is to analyse the combinations of innovation, financial and sustainable development conditions that enhance the entrepreneurship level of a country. A cross-national analysis, based on data from 64 countries, examines the causal configurations behind the manifestations of these factors using fuzzy-set qualitative comparison analysis. Data were retrieved from four databases: the Global Entrepreneurship Index, the Country Risk Score, the Global Innovation Index and the Sustainable Development Goals Index. In our analysis, we find that the entrepreneurship level of a country is simultaneously related to both its Innovation level and its Country Risk Score. When we study this relationship in association with sustainable development goals, we identify that a country's entrepreneurship level is positively linked with SDG3 and SD11, while with the SDG7 no relationship is found.