Is the Tendency to Engage in Entrepreneurship Genetic?
Is the Tendency to Engage in Entrepreneurship Genetic?
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10.1287/mnsc.1070.0761
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2008
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N. Nicolaou;S. Shane;L. Cherkas;J. Hunkin;T. Spector
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作者：
N. Nicolaou;S. Shane;L. Cherkas;J. Hunkin;T. Spector
我们使用数量遗传学技术比较了来自英国的870对同卵双胞胎(MZ)和857对同卵双胞胎(DZ)的创业活动。我们进行了模型拟合分析，以估计基因、共享环境和非共享环境对人们成为企业家的倾向的影响。我们发现，在创业现象的不同操作方式中，创业的遗传力相对较高，家庭环境和教养方式的影响很小。我们的发现表明，在解释人们为什么参与创业活动时，考虑遗传因素是很重要的。
We used quantitative genetics techniques to compare the entrepreneurial activity of 870 pairs of monozygotic (MZ) and 857 pairs of same-sex dizygotic (DZ) twins from the United Kingdom. We ran model-fitting analyses to estimate the genetic, shared environmental and nonshared environmental effects on the propensity of people to become entrepreneurs. We found relatively high heritabilities for entrepreneurship across different operationalizations of the phenomenon, with little effect of family environment and upbringing. Our findings suggest the importance of considering genetic factors in explanations for why people engage in entrepreneurial activity.