Theoretical and Applied Economics
No. 7 / 2010 (548)
The Evolution of Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity Influencing Factors in Romania
Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca
Ágnes NAGY
Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca
Lehel-Zoltán GYÖRFY
Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca
Annamária BENYOVSZKI
Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca
Tünde Petra PETRU
Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca
Abstract. The aim of the article is to analyze the main influencing factors of the probability of becoming an early-stage entrepreneur in Romania. The analyzed factors are: gender, age, education, household income, work status, network, opportunity perception, perception regarding the trust in own entrepreneurial skills, perception on the society’s appreciation regarding the principle of equality in life standard, perception on the society’s appreciation regarding the entrepreneurial career, perception on the proper promotion of entrepreneurial successes by mass media. We estimate a logit model for each year of the 2007-2009 period and we study the main influencing perceptional and sociodemographic factors, based on the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Adult Population Survey database for Romania.
Contents
The Evolution of Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity Influencing Factors in Romania
Quantitative Methods for Evaluating the Informal Economy. Case Study at the Level of Romania
SMEs Financing: the Extent of Need and the Responses of Different Credit Structures
Input-Output Analysis and Demographic Accounting: A Tool for Educational Planning
Old Wine in New Bottles: Saving – Growth Nexus: Innovative Accounting Technique in Pakistan
Some Socio-Economic Effects of Labor Migration on Sending Countries. Evidence from Romania
Performance of Financial Control
Private Pensions in Romania. Management - Marketing - Effects and Expectations