Technological entrepreneurship in South America: An approach to its individual determinants

• Main Authors: Guillermo Zapata, Sara Fernández López, Isabel Neira Gómez
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede México 2018-01-01
• Series: Perfiles Latinoamericanos
• Subjects: Emprendimiento; emprendedores; empresa de base tecnológica; investigación y desarrollo; datos estadísticos; innovaciones tecnológicas; América del Sur.
• Online Access: http://perfilesla.flacso.edu.mx/index.php/perfilesla/article/view/389

<p>This paper analyses the individual determinants of technological entrepreneurship and whether they differ from those of the conventional entrepreneurship in South America. This paper contributes to the understanding of New Technology-Based Firms (nebts) to foster innovationbased economies in the region. Using logit models and the data from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (gem) 2011, we find that employment status, income, perceived skills and meeting an entrepreneur are driving forces for entrepreneurship. However the gender, age and studies exclusively impact on technological entrepreneurship.</p>