Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/239722 
Year of Publication: 
2013
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[Journal:] Administrative Sciences [ISSN:] 2076-3387 [Volume:] 3 [Issue:] 4 [Publisher:] MDPI [Place:] Basel [Year:] 2013 [Pages:] 266-289
Publisher: 
MDPI, Basel
Abstract: 
We compared nascent characteristics and behaviors leading to business planning activities in Sweden with the United States (US), examining the effects of institutional pressures exerted in the different countries. We analyzed institutional factors leading 362 Swedish and 347 US entrepreneurs to write plans during a two-year period. We show that national cultures moderate how institutional pressures influence nascent behaviors, questioning generic applications of institutional theory. We found business planning behaviors moderated by nationality, showing significant and negative effects for business classes in the US. Implications are drawn for institutional theory and the study of nascent businesses, as well as for normative business planning literature and practice of nascent businesses.
Subjects: 
institutional theory
cross national entrepreneurship
business planning
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