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Shifts in national entrepreneurial culture The promise of linguistic cultural artifacts and machine learning analysis

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dc.contributor.authorKyprianou, Christina
dc.contributor.authorVedula, Siddharth
dc.contributor.authorFitza, Markus
dc.contributor.authorPu,Wenxi
dc.contributor.rorhttps://ror.org/02jjdwm75
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-25T14:45:56Z
dc.date.available2025-06-25T14:45:56Z
dc.date.issued2024-11-15
dc.description.abstractResearch Summary: We develop a dynamic view of national entrepreneurial culture by examining the linguistic evolution of media-produced cultural artifacts—entrepreneurship-related newspaper articles. Applying machine learning to 690,088 articles from 103 newspapers across the United States between 1996 and 2016, we identify a growing positivity bias toward entrepreneurship at the national level evidenced by rising emotional tone and declining analytical thinking. This bias varies by topic, with “entrepreneurial aspirations and journeys” driving the trend. Our analyses also suggest this bias may encourage the creation of new ventures but limit venture growth potential. We highlight theoretical and methodological contributions to research on national entrepreneurial culture and identify promising avenues for future research. Managerial Summary: We examine how a country's cultural attitudes toward entrepreneurship change over time by studying relevant newspaper articles. We also consider if any changes in such attitudes may have implications for the quantity and quality of a country's new ventures. After analyzing 690,088 articles from 103 newspapers across the United States between 1996 and 2016, we find a growing positivity bias toward entrepreneurship evidenced by increasing rates of positive tone and decreasing rates of analytical thinking. This bias is largest when media articles discuss entrepreneurial aspirations and journeys. Our analyses also suggest this bias may facilitate the creation of new ventures but limit their growth potential. These findings have implications for understanding and measuring national entrepreneurial culture, and create opportunities for future research.
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dc.identifier.citationKyprianou, C., Vedula, S., Pu, W., & Fitza, M. (2025). Shifts in national entrepreneurial culture: The promise of linguistic cultural artifacts and machine learning analysis. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 19(1), 29-82. https://doi.org/10.1002/sej.1519.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/sej.1519
dc.identifier.issn1932-443X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3821
dc.issue.number1
dc.journal.titleStrategic Entrepreneurship Journal
dc.language.isoen
dc.page.final82
dc.page.initial29
dc.page.total54
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.departmentEntrepreneurship
dc.relation.entityIE University
dc.relation.schoolIE Business School
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en
dc.subject.keywordBig data
dc.subject.keywordCognition
dc.subject.keywordEmotion
dc.subject.keywordEntrepreneurship
dc.subject.keywordLIWC
dc.subject.keywordMachinelearning
dc.subject.keywordNational culture
dc.subject.keywordTopic modeling
dc.titleShifts in national entrepreneurial culture The promise of linguistic cultural artifacts and machine learning analysis
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dc.volume.number19
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