What Motivates People to Start Their Own Businesses: A Nordic Perspective

• The paper presents the Nordic perspective on what motivates entrepreneurs to start their own business. The results presented are based on an eleven country study where data from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden is compared to international data from Australia, China, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal, Puerto Rico and the USA. This is one study generated from Sari Scheinberg's PhD research entitled Entrepreneurs in a Cross-Cultural Perspective.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Annan maskinteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering -- Other Mechanical Engineering (hsv//eng)

HUMANIORA  -- Annan humaniora -- Kulturstudier (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Other Humanities -- Cultural Studies (hsv//eng)

Keyword

culture

start-ups

motivation

Entrepreneurship

Publication and Content Type

kon (subject category)

vet (subject category)