Abstract
Research background:The paper argues how the sustainable development of entrepreneurship in urban areas is based on four cornerstones: corruption, size of urban areas, industrial structure and cultural biases. Corruption is a significant social and economic issue that has crippling effect for entrepreneurship. Further on, the superiority of larger cities in generating advanced economies has been recognized since the time of the ancient Greek and medieval Italian city-states, however it is not clear if the same is applicable today as well. Third cornerstone of entrepreneurial development in main urban areas is the industrial structure of these areas. Lastly, the values that drive entrepreneurial action and form entrepreneurial environments are embedded in wider national culture.Purpose of the article:The aim of the paper is to investigate and describe pivotal influences on entrepreneurial activity as an impetus of sustainable economic development in globalized environment of transition economy urban areas.Methods:The four factors that influence the level of sustainable development of entrepreneurship in urban areas: level of perceived corruption, size of urban areas, industrial structure and cultural biases are described as well as the correlation between level of entrepreneurial activity and each of these crucial elements of urban revitalization.Findings & Value added:By examining antecedents and consequences of economic and social circumstances that define environment for fostering entrepreneurial activity in main urban areas in Croatia the paper provides comprehensive tool for strategy development that can be used by policy makers and entrepreneurs alike.
Highlights
Influence of globalizing forces on development of entrepreneurship is usually viewed through the lens of international economy and competitive advantage of nations [1,2,3,4,5,6]
The four factors that influence the level of sustainable development of entrepreneurship in urban areas: level of perceived corruption, size of urban areas, industrial structure and cultural biases are described as well as the correlation between level of entrepreneurial activity and each of these crucial elements of urban revitalization
Findings & Value added: By examining antecedents and consequences of economic and social circumstances that define environment for fostering entrepreneurial activity in main urban areas in Croatia the paper provides comprehensive tool for strategy development that can be used by policy makers and entrepreneurs alike
Summary
Influence of globalizing forces on development of entrepreneurship is usually viewed through the lens of international economy and competitive advantage of nations [1,2,3,4,5,6]. We take a different approach and claim that the factors which yield the biggest influence on fostering entrepreneurial spirit are level of corruption, size of urban areas, industrial structure and cultural biases. Due to the fact that the analysis of the entire set of influences would necessary go beyond the scope of a single paper, we focus on the influence of corruption on entrepreneurial activity. By using the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient to obtain evidence weather there is a link between corruption, intensity of business activity, structure of business activity and motivation for starting a new business venture we are trying to shed light to this complex and important area of economic development. Observe relation between entrepreneurial revitalization from the perspective of current business activity and motivation of starting a new business venture and reported levels of corruption, measured by from the other perspective
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