1. Cultura nacional e orientação empreendedora: Um estudo comparativo entre Brasil e Portugal.
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da Silva, Marco Antonio Oliveira Monteiro, Correia, Manuela Faia, Scholten, Marc, and Gomes, Luiz Flavio Autran Monteiro
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CULTURAL relativism , *HUMAN ecology , *CULTURAL identity , *ECONOMIC anthropology , *INTERNATIONAL competition , *CONDUCT of life , *RISK management in business , *ENTREPRENEURSHIP - Abstract
This paper describes a study aiming at comparing entrepreneurs-owners of firms in incubators in Brazil and in Portugal. The comparasion between the two countries was due to a common past mirrored, especially the Portuguese influence in brazilian's cultural, reflected in Hofstedès cross cultural study (1980). The entrepreneurial orientation was higher in Brazil, especially in the dimensions risk-taking and competitive aggressiveness. The Brazilian entrepreneurs revealed a higher rejection of future uncertainties, higher propensity to take risks and to expose themselves to uncertainty. This study rise important questions about the drives of entrepreneurship, and a curiosity about this. It suggests future research to study the opportunity and necessity entrepreneurial in two countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008