Cultural antecedents of green entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia : an institutional approach
Alwakid, Wafa Naif (Jouf University. Department of Business Administration)
Aparicio, Sebastián (Fundación ECSIM)
Urbano, David (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Empresa)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Centre d'Estudis i Recerca en Emprenedoria i Innovació Social

Date:	2020
Abstract:	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.
Grants:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación ECO2017-87885-P Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017/SGR-1056
Note:	Acknowledgments: The authors acknowledge the anonymous Editor and reviewers for valuable comments and suggestions. In addition, Wafa Alwakid acknowledges Jouf University for financial support for Ph.D. studies. Sebastian Aparicio acknowledges Durham University Business School for constant support. Additionally, Sebastian acknowledges COLCIENCIAS Ph.D. programme (617/2013), as well as Sapiencia-Enlaza Mundos (Municipio de Medellín) for financial support during Ph.D. studies. Finally, David Urbano acknowledges the financial support from project ECO2017-87885-P (Spanish Ministry of Economy & Competitiveness), 2017-SGR-1056 (Economy & Knowledge Department, Catalan Government) and ICREA under ICREA Academia programme.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Published in:	Sustainability, Vol. 12 Núm. 9 (january 2020) , p. 3673, ISSN 2071-1050

DOI: 10.3390/su12093673

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