The study of the institutional influence upon entrepreneurship: a review and paths for field development
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Even though contributions in the field of entrepreneurship have mostly focused on emphasising the role of the
entrepreneur and their ventures, further understanding of contextual elements that influence entrepreneurship also
represents a benefit for field development. Furthermore, according to extant literature, the institutional literature is an
appropriate framework to analyse how the contextual elements and mechanisms create influences for
entrepreneurship. An increasing interest in the study of these institutional contextual influences creates the imperative
to identify trends and research opportunities that are developing within this line of research. As a result, this study has
the objective of conducting a review that identifies 61 articles from leading international journals, from 1999 to 2023.
This review article presents the key themes found about the contextual influence upon entrepreneurship and proposes
ways forward for the enrichment of these identified themes.
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