Analysis of the factors that influence in the informal investors: Comparison of Spain and India in the period 2012-2016.

Abstract

In recent years, most sectors have benefited from an explosion in the creation of startups in different entrepreneurial environments. In relation with the entrepreneurship, there has been a growing interest in the role of informal investors in the creation of new companies with the objective of identifying the characteristics that could help governments and regulators to promote different measures that help economic growth. The objective of this analysis is to identify the factors that characterize the informal investors in Spain and India. The analysis was performed using data from the website "Global Entrepreneurship Monitor" (GEM) from the period 2012-2016 at the global individual level for Spain and for India. The method utilized to evaluate the data was a logistic regression. The purpose is to compare the existing differences between the factors that characterize an informal investor in different economic periods (pre-crisis, crisis, post-crisis), in two different entrepreneurial environments, such as Spain and India to identify measures or actions that can be implemented by the national and local organisms to promote informal investment and entrepreneurship. Findings identify clear differences between Spain and India in relation to the informal investor profile.

Women Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Review and Research Agenda

“…In the literature, there is a vast number of papers focused on evaluating the gender differences concerning many fields: economics, psychology, businesses, among others. Some of the examples, to name a few, are differences in personality and social behavior [15], the pay gap situation [16] or the differences when deciding to become an investor [17].…”