Open AccessENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION IN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A COMPARATIVE BETWEEN G7 AND BRICS COUNTRIES
Author(s) -
Carla Carolinne dos Santos Silva,
André L. Cavalcanti,
Ricardo Gouveia Rodrigues
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
gestão and regionalidade
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2176-5308
pISSN - 1808-5792
DOI - 10.13037/gr.vol37n111.6761
Subject(s) - developing country , entrepreneurship , world values survey , developed country , sample (material) , perception , psychology , test (biology) , population , demographic economics , political science , business , economics , social psychology , economic growth , sociology , demography , chromatography , neuroscience , chemistry , paleontology , law , biology
The objective of this study is to investigate a possible difference in entrepreneurial intention between developed and developing countries. For this purpose, we used the data of the year 2014 of the Adult Population Survey, made available by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). The intentional sample was defined based on two groups: developed countries belonging to the G7 and developing countries, belonging to BRICS. To test the hypotheses, we used non-parametric tests for categorical data. The results show that BRICS countries have greater entrepreneurial intention when compared to the G7 countries. In addition, the BRICS countries do not have the same perception and entrepreneurial intention; finally, we found that men have a greater entrepreneurial intention when compared to women. The study contributes to the literature of entrepreneurship, more particularly when it comes to entrepreneurial profile and intention, advancing with comparative studies between countries with different economic, cultural and social characteristics.