Zombie entrepreneurs: Early stage entrepreneurs that do not create a company in the Latin American context
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https://doi.org/10.18046/j.estger.2020.156.3610Keywords:
entrepreneurship, zombie entrepreneur, business, seed capitalAbstract
This research proposes a theoretical model on the phenomenon of zombie entrepreneurs, who identify business opportunities, successfully in the early stages of incubation and financing, but who have difficulties establishing a company in the long term. In this research, the correlations between perception of opportunity, entrepreneurial intention, entrepreneurial activity, and established companies of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and the Program Seed Capital in Chile were analyzed. The results indicated the following associations: Entrepreneurial intention and entrepreneurial activity; perception of opportunity and entrepreneurial activity; entrepreneurial intention and established companies; established companies and entrepreneurial activity. In addition, it was identified that support to mentors, the quality of the idea of entrepreneurship, and the experience of the founder have an inverse association with the zombie entrepreneur phenomenon.
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