Antecedent influencing entrepreneurial activity and poverty reduction in Nigeria: A conceptual paper

Abstract

The study seeks to provide a conceptual paper on the antecedents influencing entrepreneurial activity and poverty reduction in Nigeria. The paper argued that studies on entrepreneurship in emerging economies are scarce and mainly in the formal sector despite the vast size it has most especially in developing economies. Similarly, studies on capability are concentrated on intention rather than activities of the entrepreneur. The influence of national culture and entrepreneurial activities has presented inconsistent results and also not many studies considered this in the context of a single country. Furthermore, studies fail to view poverty from a multi-dimensional angle which provides a more robust measurement. The argument presented in this paper may facilitate further studies to consider the shortfall of previous research.