An investigation into entrepreneurial intentions in Caribbean Small Island Developing States
Abstract This paper explored entrepreneurial intentions in the Caribbean adult population using a social cognitive approach. It used the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Adult Population Survey (APS), which includes questions about entrepreneurial intentions of potential business owners and ent...
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| description | Abstract This paper explored entrepreneurial intentions in the Caribbean adult population using a social cognitive approach. It used the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Adult Population Survey (APS), which includes questions about entrepreneurial intentions of potential business owners and entrepreneurial perceptions, namely individual, entrepreneurial opportunities and socio-cultural, along with demographic and socio-economic variables. The effect of perceptions along with socio-economic control variables on entrepreneurial intentions was investigated using probit regression models. The results confirm that even after controlling for demographic and socio-economic and country fixed effects, social cognitive perceptions were indeed relevant in explaining entrepreneurial intentions in the region. This study therefore provides insights into understanding entrepreneurship in particular the decision to form a new business through the individual’s perceptions and intentions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a47773417f794cca90fadb020f8a7dc62022-12-22T04:20:20ZengSpringerOpenJournal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship2192-53722022-11-0111112110.1186/s13731-022-00253-0An investigation into entrepreneurial intentions in Caribbean Small Island Developing StatesPreeya S. Mohan0Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, University of the West IndiesAbstract This paper explored entrepreneurial intentions in the Caribbean adult population using a social cognitive approach. It used the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Adult Population Survey (APS), which includes questions about entrepreneurial intentions of potential business owners and entrepreneurial perceptions, namely individual, entrepreneurial opportunities and socio-cultural, along with demographic and socio-economic variables. The effect of perceptions along with socio-economic control variables on entrepreneurial intentions was investigated using probit regression models. The results confirm that even after controlling for demographic and socio-economic and country fixed effects, social cognitive perceptions were indeed relevant in explaining entrepreneurial intentions in the region. This study therefore provides insights into understanding entrepreneurship in particular the decision to form a new business through the individual’s perceptions and intentions.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13731-022-00253-0EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurial intentionCognitive modelsProbit modelsSmall Island Developing States |
| spellingShingle | Preeya S. Mohan An investigation into entrepreneurial intentions in Caribbean Small Island Developing States Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial intention Cognitive models Probit models Small Island Developing States |
| title | An investigation into entrepreneurial intentions in Caribbean Small Island Developing States |
| title_full | An investigation into entrepreneurial intentions in Caribbean Small Island Developing States |
| title_fullStr | An investigation into entrepreneurial intentions in Caribbean Small Island Developing States |
| title_full_unstemmed | An investigation into entrepreneurial intentions in Caribbean Small Island Developing States |
| title_short | An investigation into entrepreneurial intentions in Caribbean Small Island Developing States |
| title_sort | investigation into entrepreneurial intentions in caribbean small island developing states |
| topic | Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial intention Cognitive models Probit models Small Island Developing States |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13731-022-00253-0 |
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