Submitted by Daniel Lange Vaidergorin (daniel_vaidergorin@hotmail.com) on 2013-11-14T17:29:55Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Master Thesis - Daniel Lange Vaidergorin .pdf: 1096971 bytes, checksum: 93639098a9b81b6ed85fa78e273c118e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Suzinei Teles Garcia Garcia (suzinei.garcia@fgv.br) on 2013-11-14T17:37:56Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Master Thesis - Daniel Lange Vaidergorin .pdf: 1096971 bytes, checksum: 93639098a9b81b6ed85fa78e273c118e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-11-14T17:43:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Master Thesis - Daniel Lange Vaidergorin .pdf: 1096971 bytes, checksum: 93639098a9b81b6ed85fa78e273c118e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-10-31 / Although entrepreneurship and culture are topics with extensive research on Management Studies, there is still relatively few research on the influence of Culture has on Entrepreneurship. The main objective of this work is to investigate the influence of culture on entrepreneurship rate of failure. Using a correlational approach, 40 countries out of Hofstede (2001) IBM employees database and the Entrepreneurship Data present on the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) database. The analysis results suggest that the dimension Individualism vs. Collectivism as the only significant cultural dimension when discussing affecting entrepreneurship rate of failure. / Apesar de Empreendedorismo e Cultura serem tópicos com extensa literatura na área de estudos de Administração de Empresas, existe relativamente pouca pesquisa na influencia que a Cultura exerce no Empreendedorismo. O principal objetivo deste trabalho é investigar a influencia da cultura no índice de fracasso do empreendedorismo. Através de uma abordagem de correlação, utilizando 40 países da database do Hofstede (2001) de trabalhadores da IBM e dados presentes na database do Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). Os resultados desta análise sugerem que Individualismo VS. Coletivismo é a única dimensão cultural significativa quando se discute os efeitos da cultura no índice de fracasso do Empreendedorismo.