Abstract
A multi-country study on the influence of national culture over the intention to start a new business Saulo Barbosa, Walter Marinho-de-Oliveira, Tales Andreassi, Guilherme Shiraishi and Kavita Panwar Abstract This paper explores how entrepreneurship culture can foster or hinder entrepreneurial intentions in specific regions of the globe. We assessed perceptions of culture along six dimensions: Opportunity seeking; Entrepreneurial traits; Capability beliefs; Responsibility taking; Entrepreneurial motivation; and Entrepreneurial fears. The aim of our analysis is, therefore, to investigate how each of these dimensions relates to entrepreneurial intentionality. Participants were 1015 business students across four countries: Brazil, France, Germany, and Russia. Our study provides first hand knowledge about the impact that contextual conditions produce on the intention to create new ventures and if they differ across regions of the world.