Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/100075 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1940
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
Based on original survey data, this paper analyses and compares the role of personal traits and social capital in determining entrepreneurial intentions of students in Hong Kong and in Guangzhou (mainland China). The two cities are culturally closely related but differ strongly with respect to their formal institutions and the maturity of their business environment. Our findings suggest that the determinants of entrepreneurial intentions among students in Hong Kong very much resemble those found in Western economies, whereas the entrepreneurial mindsets of students in Guangzhou differ substantially from previous findings.
Subjects: 
entrepreneurial intention
self-employment preference
personal traits
social capital
China
Hong Kong
JEL: 
M13
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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