A Case for Comparative Entrepreneurship: Assessing the Relevance of Culture
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AnisyaS. Thomas* FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
StephenL. Mueller** FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
As international entrepreneurship gains momentum as a significant and relevant field of research, scholars need to address methodological issues that can facilitate the triangulation of research results. In this paper, we examine the relationship between culture and four personality characteristicscom-
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preneurship has recently undergone a metamorphosis as scholars from diverse fields such as sociology, anthropology and business strategy apply their disciplinary concepts to the antecedents and consequences of new venture creation. Much of the impetus has derived
monly associated with entrepreneurial motivation.By demonstratingsystematic variation in entrepreneurial characteristics across cultures, we raise important questions about the boundariesof internationalentrepreneurshipresearchand the challenges of transcendingthem.
from the growing acceptance of the idea that entrepreneurship, both within the context of existing firms as well as those of the start-up variety, spurs the expansion of business, creates new employment potential and fuels economic growth. Inspired by phenomena such as the explosion of growth in Silicon Valley
*Dr. Anisya Thomas is Associate Professor of Management and International Business at Florida International University. Her research interests include international strategic management and entrepreneurship. **Dr. Stephen Mueller is Assistant Professor of Management and International Business at Florida International University. His research interests include international comparative management issues and entrepreneurship. A previous version of this paper was awarded the Best Empirical Paper award at the 1998 USASBE meetings and appears in its Proceedings. The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Professor Jan Luytjes who was instrumental in initiating the cross national collaborative team that gathered the data used in the project. We are also grateful to our collaborators in the various countries whose effort and cooperation were essential to the completion of this project. We also thank Ivo Zander and the anonymous reviewers for their insightful and helpful comments. JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONALBUSINESS STUDIES,
31, 2
(SECOND QUARTER
2000): 287-301
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and the attendant innovativeness and wealth creation, entrepreneurship is now a vigorous field of inquiry not only in North America, but in Europe, Asia, and South America as well. However, the absence of a strong theoretical foundation has contributed to the fragmentation of entrepreneurship research, often resulting in studies that examine the same or similar issues from diverse disciplinary perspectives wh
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