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Spatial Context Matters: The Diversity of Paths to Entrepreneurship Access Rural Area, Middle-Range City, and Metropolitan Area

Zhou, Jing
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1403105021

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2002, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Sociology.
The common practice in entrepreneurship research is to examine individual characteristics that influence people to embark on entrepreneurial careers without regard to spatial contexts. Guided by sociological embeddedness perspective, this study explores the diversity of paths to entrepreneurship across rural area, middle-range city, and metropolitan area. Individual’s self-employment entry is thus viewed as a process shaped by the personal traits of potential entrepreneurs, interacting with the conditions of incubator region. Empirical results show that different individual factors account for self- employment entry in different regions, indicating the need for separate theoretical models. Furthermore, many determinants of business start-up are found to have varying impact on self-employment entry across region types.
Randy Hodson (Advisor)
Robert Kaufman (Committee Member)
Zhenchao Qian (Committee Member)
51 p.
Sociology

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  • Zhou, J. (2002). Spatial Context Matters: The Diversity of Paths to Entrepreneurship Access Rural Area, Middle-Range City, and Metropolitan Area [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1403105021

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Zhou, Jing. Spatial Context Matters: The Diversity of Paths to Entrepreneurship Access Rural Area, Middle-Range City, and Metropolitan Area. 2002. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1403105021.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Zhou, Jing. "Spatial Context Matters: The Diversity of Paths to Entrepreneurship Access Rural Area, Middle-Range City, and Metropolitan Area." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1403105021

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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