Factors and barriers of entrepreneurial intentions in World Bank economies

• Francisco do Adro ^[1] ; Tiago Coelho ^[1] ; Ricardo Gouveia Rodrigues ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidade da Beira Interior

     Universidade da Beira Interior

     Covilhã (Conceição), Portugal

     
• Localización: XXX Jornadas Luso-Espanholas de Gestão Científica: cooperação transfronteiriça. Desenvolvimento e coesão territorial. Livro de resumos / Paula Fernandes (aut.), 2020, ISBN 978-972-745-273-6, pág. 50
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Entrepreneurship is considered one of the main engines of economic growth, so it has been focused by government policymakers, practitioners, and academic researchers for understanding and investigating the factors that could have an impact on entrepreneurial activity. The purpose of this study is to examine some factors and barriers to entrepreneurial intentions in World Bank economies. A database from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Databases (2016) with 64 countries from 5 continents classified in 3 groups using the World Bank Classification was used and adapted . Before the analyse performed with several statistical tests (Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapiro-Wilk normality tests, Pearson and Spearman Correlations, Regression), a brief literature review has been done considering the following variables “Established Business Ownership”, “Entrepreneurial Intentions”, “Fear of Failure” and “Perceived Opportunities”. Results show factors and barriers have a different weight between economies face to entrepreneurial intentions. Future lines of investigation are proposed too.