...-envision GEM’s country groupings, positing a novel approach to more fully understanding the nuances of entrepreneurial activity. Design/methodology/approach Using data from the GEM’s Entrepreneurial Framework Conditions (EFCs) (2017–2020), we employ an unsupervised machine learning method (clustering...

... entrepreneurial dynamics. The ecosystem had grappled with distrust among stakeholders, leading to the operation of entrepreneurial support organizations in isolated silos. Social capital Leadership Developing countries Regions Clusters Following within-case analyses, between-case analyses were...

... rivals. There was a perceived need among owners to avoid implementing strategies that led to the previously mentioned mutual co-destruction of network relationships and potentially ended the survival of the respective businesses within their cluster. Dave Crick can be contacted at: dcrick...

... broadband access and whether these perceptions are reflected in business performance outcomes. Design/methodology/approach Data are used from the Digital Maturity Survey from Wales. The study uses principal component analysis and a dual stage cluster approach to show how SMEs believe...

... business clusters in Anambra state. In addition to descriptive demonstrations, the Propensity Score Matching (PSM) technique is employed to estimate the effects of treatment on the treated by pairing treatment and control units with similar attributes on the propensity score and other likely covariates...

.... Start-ups Clusters Entrepreneurship Firm growth M13 L26 R11 Over the last few years, there has been a significant increase of studies concerning the competitiveness of start-up firms (Hechavarría et al., 2016 ; Huang et al., 2012), but there are still few works...

... from only one particular region. The exclusive utilisation of secondary data may also undermine the robustness of the results obtained. Innovation Entrepreneurship Small firm/new venture strategy Regions Clusters According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural...