Reprint of: Regional governments and opportunity entrepreneurship in underdeveloped institutional environments: An entrepreneurial ecosystem perspective |
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| Institution: | 1. Pennsylvania State University, Smeal College of Business, United States of America;2. George Mason University, School of Business, United States of America;1. School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, 13 Fayuan Street, Nangang District, Harbin 150001, China;2. Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Postbus 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands;1. Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography, Schneiderberg 50, 30167 Hannover, Germany;2. London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Geography and Environment, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom;1. India Development Foundation, India;2. Department of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, University of Groningen, 9747AE, Netherlands;3. UPES University, India;4. Indian School of Public Policy, India |
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| Abstract: | The role of regional governments in fostering opportunity entrepreneurship has received increasing attention from both academics and practitioners. Drawing on research on entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE), this study provides a more analytical and holistic account of the supportive role of regional governments in underdeveloped institutional environments and their interactions with other key elements in regional EEs. I propose that in underdeveloped institutional environments, a regional government which is able to perform its core function of delivering public and social services is positively associated with the growth of opportunity entrepreneurship. This effect becomes stronger in regions with more market-based economies, higher education institutions (HEIs), an entrepreneurial culture, and social entrepreneurship. Empirical results based on entrepreneurship data at the provincial level in China between 1993 and 2013 provide strong support for the hypotheses. This study contributes to the literature on EE by providing more systematic evidence from underdeveloped institutional environments, and has policy implications for promoting opportunity entrepreneurship. |
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