Entrepreneurship and urban conditions: an analysis for Brazilian municipalities, 2010

Abstract

This study aims to analyze and compare the multiple relationships between entrepreneurship and urban conditions, highlighting the main patterns and diversities of Brazilian municipalities in 2010, using data from the Demographic Census (2010). The analysis techniques used were factor analysis (FA) and qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). Four factors were extracted from the FA that summarize the urban conditions of the municipalities: socioeconomic conditions, home infrastructure, urbanization and housing. The factors, applied in the QCA together with the entrepreneurship variable, indicate that socioeconomic conditions and home infrastructure as the most important for obtaining high rates of entrepreneurship in the municipalities. The results highlight the importance of social, economic and infrastructure conditions as favorable to the increase in entrepreneurial activities and the need for policies aimed at expanding these conditions in some Brazilian municipalities.