Opportunity recognition and the tendency to be an entrepreneur: A bivariate genetics perspective |
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| Authors: | Nicos Nicolaou Scott Shane Lynn Cherkas Tim D. Spector |
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| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Public and Business Administration, University of Cyprus, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus;bWeatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, 11119 Bellflower Rd., Cleveland, OH 44106, United States;cTwin Research and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, King’s College London, St Thomas’ Hospital Campus, London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | We applied quantitative genetics techniques to a sample of 851 pairs of monozygotic and 855 pairs of dizygotic female twins to examine the influence of genetic factors on the variation across people in opportunity recognition. We also examined the extent to which the same genetic factors contribute to both opportunity recognition and the tendency to be an entrepreneur. We found substantial heritability for opportunity recognition (0.45), with no influence of the shared environment. Moreover, we found that 53% of the phenotypic correlation between opportunity recognition and the tendency to be an entrepreneur had a common genetic aetiology. |
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| Keywords: | Entrepreneurship Opportunity recognition Behavioral genetics |
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