Location of entrepreneurial zones in Latin Americaa spatial analysis

  1. Frende-Vega, María de los Ángeles 1
  2. Almeida, Alejandro 2
  3. Martín-Álvarez, Juan Manuel 3
  4. Golpe, Antonio 4
  1. 1 National Researcher of the SNI (SENACYT). University of Panama.
  2. 2 Department of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business. Universidad de Extremadura, España.
  3. 3 Department of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business. Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, España.
  4. 4 Department of Economics. University of Huelva. España.
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Journal:
Tec Empresarial

ISSN: 1659-3359

Year of publication: 2025

Volume: 19

Issue: 1

Pages: 22-35

Type: Article

DOI: 10.18845/TE.V19I1.7576 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Abstract

This study analyzes spatial patterns in the entrepreneurial intention of university students in Latin America. Studies on the entrepreneurial phenomenon have paid little attention to possible spatial associations, which might explain the dissimilar resultsreported by prior work. The analysis uses a sample of 70,337 university students drawn from the GUESSS survey. The results of the exploratory spatial model reveal significant spatial patterns in Costa Rica and Panama with a high entrepreneurial intention (hot spots). This study can serve as a basis for developing public policies to promote entrepreneurship and, when appropriate, propose articulated and coordinated strategic initiatives between countries located in the identified clusters (hot/cold spots).

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