Cultural antecedents of green entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia: an institutional approach

Alwakid, W; Aparicio, S; Urbano, D

doi:10.3390/su12093673

Cultural antecedents of green entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia: an institutional approach

Alwakid, W; Aparicio, S; Urbano, D

Authors

W Alwakid

S Aparicio

D Urbano

Abstract

Recent decades have brought cultural changes toward the increase of environmentally-friendly initiatives such as green entrepreneurship. Some countries are failing to develop environmental initiatives, whereas others are transitioning and advancing toward this new trend. In particular, Saudi Arabia has initiated efforts toward becoming an ecologically-friendly society. Motivated by this, we explore whether cultural characteristics are associated with green entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia. Institutional economics is adopted to frame our hypotheses and analysis. The hypothesized relationships were empirically tested in a sample of 84 observations from 21 cities during the period 2015–2018. Data were collected from reports by the Saudi General Authority and analyzed through regression models. The main results show that cultural characteristics, such as environmental actions, environmental consciousness, and temporal orientation, increase the level of green entrepreneurial activity across cities in Saudi Arabia. The findings of this study contribute to existing knowledge on green entrepreneurship, as well as to the discussion of implications for policy and practice related to environmentally-friendly productive activities.

Citation

Alwakid, W., Aparicio, S., & Urbano, D. (2020). Cultural antecedents of green entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia: an institutional approach. Sustainability, 12(9), Article 3673. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12093673

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Apr 30, 2020
Online Publication Date	May 2, 2020
Publication Date	May 1, 2020
Deposit Date	May 4, 2020
Publicly Available Date	May 5, 2020
Journal	Sustainability
Publisher	MDPI
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	12
Issue	9
Article Number	3673
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3390/su12093673
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1265001

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