Determinants of Entrepreneurial Activities in China

Lu, Jiangyong and Tao, Zhigang (2007): Determinants of Entrepreneurial Activities in China. Forthcoming in: Journal of Business Venturing

Abstract

The institutional environment – including protection of private properties and contract enforcement – has been rather unfavorable for the emergence and development of China’s private enterprises. This is in sharp contrast to the case of the developed economies where the institutional environment is conductive to the entrepreneurial activities and only the personal attributes of would-be entrepreneurs determine their entrepreneurship decision. We thus propose a theoretical framework for the entrepreneurship decision in China with a focus on the role of institutional environment. Using a life-histories survey data of 2,854 respondents from twenty cities in China, we find strong support for the impacts of the institutional environment and its interactions with other determinants of entrepreneurship decision.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor