Investigating total entrepreneurial activity and entrepreneurial intention in Africa regions using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA)

Malcolm J Beynon; Paul Jones; David Pickernell; Gideon Maas

doi:10.1080/13215906.2020.1752294

Investigating total entrepreneurial activity and entrepreneurial intention in Africa regions using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA)

Malcolm J Beynon, Paul Jones, David Pickernell, Gideon Maas

CBL International Centre for Transformational Entrepreneurship (ICTE)

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Abstract

This study offers a novel evaluation of the conditions for Total Entrpreneurial Activity (TEA) and Entrepreneurial Intention (EI) across 59 Sub-Saharan African regions. The analysis employs fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis using Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (2013) survey data using five condition variables, measuring regional-level entrepreneurial attitudes and perceptions, including education level, considered against TEA and EI. This novel regional contribution identifies diversity between African countries and regions for entrepreneurial actvities and its drivers, with several groups identified. This highlights a requirement for future research encompassing further countries and regions in African, and also multi-year studies that can track these issues longitudinally. The study informs knowledge and practice regarding entrepreneurial behaviour across African regions. Through examination of the different combinations of condition variables, across causal recipes, it provides understanding of variations in the socio-cultural drivers of entrepreneurial activity between regions, groups of regions, and countries, for TEA and EI.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	146-164
Number of pages	19
Journal	Small Enterprise Research
Volume	27
Issue number	2
Early online date	27 Apr 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13215906.2020.1752294
Publication status	Published - 2020

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Small Enterprise Research, on 27/04/2021, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13215906.2020.1752294

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Keywords

Africa
FsQCA
entrepreneurial activity
entrepreneurial intention
regions

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Strategy and Management
Business and International Management
Management of Technology and Innovation
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
Development
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)

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