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Entrepreneurial intention through the lens of the Pareto rule: A cross-country study

Publicated to: COGENT BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT. 10 (3): 2279344- - 2023-12-11 10(3), DOI: 10.1080/23311975.2023.2279344

Authors:

Morales-Alonso, G; Morales-Alonso, G; Pablo-Lerchundi, I; Pablo-Lerchundi, I; Ramirez-Portilla, A; Ramirez-Portilla, A; Ordieres-Mere, J; Ordieres-Mere, J
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Affiliations

Univ Iberoamericana Ciudad Mexico, Dept Business Studies, Mexico City, Mexico - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Ind Engn Business Adm & Stat, Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, Madrid 28006, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Ind Engn Business Adm & Stat, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Inst Ciencias Educ, Madrid, Spain - Author
Universidad Iberoamericana - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
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Abstract

The overall economic progress of a society is highly dependent on the entrepreneurial action of its individuals. Entrepreneurial venture is governed by contextual, social, and individual drivers. Despite the many variables involved, we posit that cognitive traits (which belong to individual factors) are responsible for the largest share of anteceding entrepreneurial intentions. We look into this issue by means of a sample of 1901 respondents from four developed countries—Germany, Italy, Sweden, and Spain—combined with data from secondary sources. We find partial support for our hypothesis. While cognitive traits prove to be the most important drivers of entrepreneurial intention, they are only able to explain between 49% and 68% of its variability. Respondents have been divided into two partitions: a decile (10% highest to 10% lowest in entrepreneurial intention) and a quartile (25% highest to 25% lowest in entrepreneurial intention). Our results show that the highest entrepreneurial intention decile and quartile are populated by respondents springing from countries with lower development level, lower inequalities, lower economic freedom, higher exposure to catholic values, and higher values of the Masculinity/Femininity factor as defined by Hofstede.
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Keywords

behaviorcultureextensionimpactinequalitynational culturereligionreligiositytheory of planned behaviorEconomic freedomIndividualismInequalityNational cultureReligiosityTheory of planned behavior

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal COGENT BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position 136/304, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Business. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Business, Management and Accounting (Miscellaneous).

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-26:

  • Google Scholar: 5
  • WoS: 3
  • Scopus: 3
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-26:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 39 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/87145/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 141
  • Downloads: 97
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Mexico.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (MORALES ALONSO, GUSTAVO) and Last Author (ORDIERES MERE, JOAQUIN BIENVENIDO).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been MORALES ALONSO, GUSTAVO.

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