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T1 Entrepreneurial intentions in the context of a collectivist economy: a comparison between Cuba and Spain
A1 Gutiérrez Taño, Desiderio
A1 García Rodríguez, Francisco Javier
A1 Ruiz Rosa, Inés
A1 Gil Soto, Esperanza
K1 Collectivist economy
K1 Entrepreneurial context
K1 Entrepreneurial intention
K1 Entrepreneurship
K1 Cuba
K1 Desirability
K1 Feasibility
K1 Entrepreneurial event model
AB Entrepreneurship research has matured and now spans multiple entrepreneurial contexts,including developing countries, emerging and transitional economies. However, collectivist economies have largely been ignored, partly due to difficulties in conductingresearch and partly due to the widespread assumption that they remain on the outskirtsof entrepreneurial activity. In this paper, from the entrepreneurial event model perspective,we analyse entrepreneurial intention and its antecedents in Cuba, probably the bestexample of a collectivist economy that exists nowadays. Cuba is compared to Spain, acountry that shares historical and cultural features but one which has a developed marketeconomy. Findings indicate that desirability and feasibility constitute the main antecedents of entrepreneurial intention in Cuba, as other studies in market economy countriesreflect. However, the influence of desirability on entrepreneurial intention is lower inCuba compared to Spain, where the values of desirability and feasibility are significantlygreater. These results seem to indicate that due to Cuba’s level of development, politicalregime and collectivist culture, entrepreneurship arises mainly out of necessity and theemergence of a strong entrepreneurial culture is stifled. This reflects a similar situation tothe result obtained in previous studies in developing countries
SN 1554-7191
YR 2022
FD 2022
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RD 23-nov-2024