Abstract:
This research explores the relationship between entrepreneurial infrastructure
and new business development in Taiwan. The study develops
a concept of entrepreneurial infrastructure and its nine criteria that
determine whether new businesses will participate in these networks.
Then, it reports on the results of exploratory, in-depth interviews
among 40 entrepreneurs in Taiwan. A model was developed based on
the interview data. The research results indicate that entrepreneurial
infrastructures that are designed to facilitate new business development
may reflect biases toward opportunity-motivated rather than necessitymotivated
entrepreneurs. The findings generate a suggestion that a different
set of policies and entrepreneurial infrastructures are important to
support the necessary entrepreneurship development. The research of
new business development adds considerable information to the understanding
of the relationship between entrepreneurial development, and
the decision to participate in entrepreneurial infrastructures
