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The spatial interplay between productive and destructive entrepreneurship: do institutions meet expectations in rural areas?

David Urbano, Sebastián Aparicio, Juan Carlos Muñoz, Diego Martinez-Moya · 2024 · Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Summary. In rural Colombia, destructive entrepreneurship (coca cultivation) and productive entrepreneurship (coffee cultivation) directly displace each other. Despite the presence of coffee-supportive institutions like extensionists, these institutions fail to prevent destructive entrepreneurship from crowding out productive activities. The study reveals that institutional support alone is insufficient to control this substitution effect in weak institutional environments.

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Urbano, D., Aparicio, S., Muñoz, J. C., & Martinez-Moya, D.. (2024). The spatial interplay between productive and destructive entrepreneurship: do institutions meet expectations in rural areas?. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2024.2389378

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DOI
10.1080/08985626.2024.2389378
Countries
Colombia
Regions
South America
Categories
entrepreneurship, policy, regional-innovation-systems, general-innovation
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2026-04-29