Working Paper:

Nature or Nurture? Factors of Entrepreneurship: a Comparative Approach

Title:: Nature or Nurture? Factors of Entrepreneurship: a Comparative Approach
Author(s):: Tortella, Gabriel
Quiroga, Gloria
Moral-Arce, Ignacio
Date:: 2009
Type:: Working Paper
Handle:: http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:29752
Book/Journal Title:: Working Paper Series
Media Type:: application/pdf
Notes:: This is a progress report of ongoing research. Please do not quote without consulting the authors.
Abstract:: There is an ongoing discussion about whether entrepreneurship is basically an innate gift or whether education has a traceable effect on the quality and success of entrepreneurs. This paper tries to put these hypotheses to test by means of a comparison of English and Spanish businessmen. Based on a large database, and using descriptive analysis and econometric tests it shows that although the educational systems in both countries are quite different, entrepreneurs respond to the quantity and quality of education they have received.