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Journal of International Entrepreneurship
Published in: Journal of International Entrepreneurship 2/2020

21-12-2019

Home Country Institutional Context and Entrepreneurial Internationalization: The Significance of Human Capital Attributes

Authors: Vahid Jafari-Sadeghi, Jean-Marie Nkongolo-Bakenda, Léo-Paul Dana, Robert B. Anderson, Paolo Pietro Biancone

Published in: Journal of International Entrepreneurship | Issue 2/2020

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Abstract

The global economy involves enormous internationalization activities that provide untapped opportunities for entrepreneurs and businesses. This study sets out to improve the understanding of the role of the home country human capital on entrepreneurial internationalization. To advance this understanding, we conducted an analysis of data from 28 European countries using structural equation modeling (SEM) with partial least squares (PLS). The result of an empirical analysis revealed that the entrepreneurial intentions of the country’s non-entrepreneurs has a positive and significant impact on effective business creation and the latter consequently has a positive and significant impact on the level of internationalization. Also, our findings indicate that the level of education has a negative impact on entrepreneurial readiness/awareness.
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A Q2 with a value larger than zero for a reflective endogenous latent variable indicates the path model’s predictive relevance for this particular construct (Hair et al. 2014: 178).
 
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Metadata
Title
Home Country Institutional Context and Entrepreneurial Internationalization: The Significance of Human Capital Attributes
Authors
Vahid Jafari-Sadeghi
Jean-Marie Nkongolo-Bakenda
Léo-Paul Dana
Robert B. Anderson
Paolo Pietro Biancone
Publication date
21-12-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of International Entrepreneurship / Issue 2/2020
Print ISSN: 1570-7385
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7349
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10843-019-00264-1

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