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A Study Of The Relationship Between Fdi Inflows And Entrepreneurial Activity At The Country Level, Jeff Cohu
A Study Of The Relationship Between Fdi Inflows And Entrepreneurial Activity At The Country Level, Jeff Cohu
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This dissertation focuses on the relationship between FDI inflows and entrepreneurial activity at the country level in a 3-essay format. Building on the competing theories of knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship (KTSE) and the occupational choice model (OCM), this research seeks to determine if FDI inflows and entrepreneurship are complimentary or competing phenomenon.
Essay 1 analyzes the existing comparative entrepreneurship measures available through a correlation matrix using panel study data from 172 countries and territories from 2006 to 2019. This essay finds that the available measures of comparative entrepreneurship are not as highly correlated as anticipated and that there are …