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Is the tendency to engage in entrepreneurship genetic?
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Nicolaou, Nicos, Shane, Scott, Cherkas, Lynn, Hunkin, Janice and Spector, T. D. (2008) Is the tendency to engage in entrepreneurship genetic? Management Science, Volume 54 (Number 1). pp. 167-179. doi:10.1287/mnsc.1070.0761 ISSN 0025-1909.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1070.0761
Abstract
We used quantitative genetics techniques to compare the entrepreneurial activity of 870 pairs of monozygotic (MZ) and 857 pairs of same-sex dizygotic (DZ) twins from the United Kingdom. We ran model-fitting analyses to estimate the genetic, shared environmental and nonshared environmental effects on the propensity of people to become entrepreneurs. We found relatively high heritabilities for entrepreneurship across different operationalizations of the phenomenon, with little effect of family environment and upbringing. Our findings suggest the importance of considering genetic factors in explanations for why people engage in entrepreneurial activity.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Entrepreneurship, Behavior genetics | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Management Science | ||||||||
Publisher: | Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (I N F O R M S) | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0025-1909 | ||||||||
Official Date: | January 2008 | ||||||||
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Volume: | Volume 54 | ||||||||
Number: | Number 1 | ||||||||
Number of Pages: | 12 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 167-179 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1287/mnsc.1070.0761 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Funder: | Imperial College, London |
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