The macro-level determinants of user entrepreneurship in healthcare: an explorative cross-country analysis

被引:18
作者
Schiavone, Francesco [1 ,2 ]
Rivieccio, Giorgia [1 ]
Paolone, Francesco [3 ,4 ]
Rocca, Antonella [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Napoli Parthenope, Business & Management, Naples, Italy
[2] Paris Sch Business, Strategy & Management, Paris, France
[3] Mercatorum Univ, Econ, Rome, Italy
[4] LUISS, Management, Rome, Italy
关键词
User entrepreneurship; Healthcare; Principal component analysis; SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP; INNOVATION;
D O I
10.1108/MD-10-2019-1427
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Purpose This article analyses the new venture creation by patient innovators in 40 countries examining the effects of the four macro-level factors on entrepreneurship, adding a fifth sector-specific (healthcare) factor. Design/methodology/approach By applying the statistical tool of principal component analysis, we find a clustering behavior of health user entrepreneurs across countries, indicating that common macro-level conditions affect this phenomenon in a nonlinear way. Findings Healthy user innovators are more likely to become entrepreneurs in those countries where creativity, economic opportunities and business environment are increasing from the lower level until a certain threshold. After that level, user entrepreneurship seems to be not relevant. Originality/value We contribute to the extant literature about macro-level determinants of entrepreneurship by exploring how much such conditions impact on the decision to create new firm by user innovators.
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页码:1158 / 1178
页数:21
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