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Foreign Venture Presence and Domestic Entrepreneurship: A Macro Level Study
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
  • Chevy-Hanqing Fang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • James J. Chrisman
  • Esra Memili
  • Minglin Wang
Abstract

Building upon the literature of necessity- and opportunity-driven entrepreneurship, this study explores how the presence of foreign ventures affect domestic entrepreneurship. We hypothesize that foreign ventures reduce necessity-driven entrepreneurship by diminishing unemployment in domestic economies, and stimulate opportunity-driven entrepreneurship by increasing knowledge stocks in domestic economies. Empirical results based on country-level longitudinal data of 30 countries from 1980 through 2008 support our hypotheses. We conclude that over time, domestic economies with more foreign ventures might have more opportunity- driven entrepreneurial activities and less necessity-driven entrepreneurial activities. Thus, foreign ventures can change the structure of domestic entrepreneurship in host countries.

Department(s)
Business and Information Technology
Keywords and Phrases
  • Entrepreneurship,
  • FDI,
  • Foreign Venture,
  • Knowledge Spillover,
  • Macro,
  • Unemployment
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2020 Elsevier, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
9-1-2020
Publication Date
01 Sep 2020
Disciplines
Citation Information
Chevy-Hanqing Fang, James J. Chrisman, Esra Memili and Minglin Wang. "Foreign Venture Presence and Domestic Entrepreneurship: A Macro Level Study" Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money Vol. 68 (2020) ISSN: 1042-4431
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/hanqing-fang/12/