Regional differences in entrepreneurial perceptions and implications for the Romanian competitiveness policy

• Authors: Mariana Nicolae , Irina Ion , Elena Nicolae
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Understanding entrepreneurship as being spatially rooted transforms it in a regional and national competitiveness factor. Despite the increasing importance of the territorial dimension in supporting economic growth at policy and declarative levels, in practice, in Romania, the territorial structure and spatial organization of the economy contributes little to the national value added. In this context, we study regional differences in entrepreneurial initiative and perception and their possible impact on the national competitiveness strategy. We use primary data collected in three Romanian regions (Centre, North-East, Bucureşti-Ilfov) and conduct a statistical analysis of the data. The results indicate different comparative regional profiles. The regional differences in the intentions, motivations, barriers and limitation for entrepreneurship confirm the theoretical view that personal motivations of becoming an entrepreneur are determined by environmental conditions. We conclude that the regional differences should be taken into account in the elaboration of the competitiveness policy, corroborated with the results of other similar studies.

Keywords

EN

entrepreneurship; regional differences; competitiveness; spatial development; public policy; local environment

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Management & Marketing
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 394-409

Dates

published

2016-04-01

online

2016-04-30

Contributors

author

Mariana Nicolae

• Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

author

Irina Ion

• Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

author

Elena Nicolae

• Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/mmcks-2016-0005