The Role of National Culture on Entrepreneurship: An Assessment on the Entrepreneurial Culture of Turkey

Entrepreneurship constitutes the most important dynamic of economic growth and development. With growing importance all over the world, entrepreneurship is also closely related to the social and cultural structure of a society. As the culture is a remarkable element of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial environment, a country desiring to promote the development of entrepreneurship and emergence of more entrepreneurs would need a culture supporting entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is discussed in cultural context and the role of national culture in entrepreneurship is analyzed in the study. In this framework, cultural characteristics and entrepreneurial culture of Turkey are evaluated

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Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Culture National Culture,

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