E-Commerce Development and Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship in the People's Republic of China
Huang, Bihong; Shaban, Mohamed; Song, Quanyun; Wu, Yu | March 2018
Abstract
In this paper, we utilize an e-commerce development indicator in tandem with big data to measure the variations of e-commerce development across counties in the People’s Republic of China and assess its impact on entrepreneurship in both rural and urban areas. We find that households living in counties with higher levels of e-commerce development are more likely to run their own businesses. Further study indicates that e-commerce development not only significantly increases the entry of new startups but also decreases the exit of incumbent businesses. Moreover, we find that e-commerce development induces sectoral change of household entrepreneurship. It promotes the entrepreneurship in the manufacturing and wholesale sectors, but reduces the entrepreneurship in the retail, hotel, and catering sectors. In addition, we show that e-commerce prosperity fuels entrepreneurship by alleviating the financial constraints and moderates the reliance of household entrepreneurship on social networks.
Citation
Huang, Bihong; Shaban, Mohamed; Song, Quanyun; Wu, Yu. 2018. E-Commerce Development and Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship in the People's Republic of China. © Asian Development Bank Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/8111.Keywords
Assessing Corporate Governance
Corporate Governance Reform
Governance Models
Commerce and Industry
Intra-Industry Trade
Large Scale Industry
Labor
Technical Evaluation
Institutional Framework
Business Management
Corporate Restructuring
Industrialization
Industrial Economics
Industrial Development
Industrial Policy
Technology assessment
Technological institutes
Employment
Information Media
Mass Media
Export Oriented Industries
Electronics
Computers
Telecommunications Industry
Manufacturing Industries
Microprocessors
Electronic Equipment
Communication Industry
Personnel management
Corporate reorganizations
Intergovernmental cooperation
Consolidation and merger of corporations
Industrial Mergers
Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions
Mergers
Microelectronics industry
Electronic industries
Digital electronics
Microelectronics
Podcasts
Music videos
Internet videos
Interactive videos
Videos
Video recordings
Capital market
Developing countries
Market share
Labor
Technology transfer
Innovation
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