Cultural Antecedents of Green Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia: An Institutional Approach

Sustainability

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David Urbano¹  Wafa Alwakid²  Sebastian Aparicio³ 

[1] Department of Business and Centre for Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation Research (CREIS), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici B Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Barcelona 08193, Spain;

[2] Department of Business, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici B Campus UAB, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Barcelona 08193, Spain;

[3] Durham University Business School, Durham University, Mill Hill Lane, DH1 3LB Durham, UK;

关键词: green entrepreneurship;    sustainable entrepreneurial activity;    culture;    institutional approach;    developing countries;    Saudi Arabia;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su12093673

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Recent decades have brought cultural changes toward the increase of environmentally-friendly initiatives such as green entrepreneurship. Some countries are failing to develop environmental initiatives, whereas others are transitioning and advancing toward this new trend. In particular, Saudi Arabia has initiated efforts toward becoming an ecologically-friendly society. Motivated by this, we explore whether cultural characteristics are associated with green entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia. Institutional economics is adopted to frame our hypotheses and analysis. The hypothesized relationships were empirically tested in a sample of 84 observations from 21 cities during the period 2015–2018. Data were collected from reports by the Saudi General Authority and analyzed through regression models. The main results show that cultural characteristics, such as environmental actions, environmental consciousness, and temporal orientation, increase the level of green entrepreneurial activity across cities in Saudi Arabia. The findings of this study contribute to existing knowledge on green entrepreneurship, as well as to the discussion of implications for policy and practice related to environmentally-friendly productive activities.

【 授权许可】

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