Entrepreneurs should navigate through different stages from the conception of an idea until the business is operational. According to these stages, we expected that the context has a different impact on an individual’s decisions. This paper analyses the role of institutional dimensions (regulative, normative, and cultural-cognitive) in the entrepreneurial process (potential, nascent, and new entrepreneurship), using data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and Heritage Foundation, with a sample of 99 countries for the period 2001–2017. Through panel data, the main findings show that (a) regulations regarding new business creation have a stronger influence on new entrepreneurship, (b) social norms have more influence on potential entrepreneurs and individual perceptions regarding their self-capacity and experience to start a new business, and (c) the cultural-cognitive dimension has a stronger influence on nascent entrepreneurship. Policymakers could consider these results to promote and generate target group policies that effectively encourage entrepreneurial activity, which is also distinguished by the level of development among countries.

企业家应该经历从想法的构思到业务运营的不同阶段。根据这些阶段，我们预计环境会对个人的决策产生不同的影响。本文利用全球创业监测和传统基金会的数据，以 99 个国家为样本，分析了制度维度（监管、规范和文化认知）在创业过程（潜在的、新生的和新的创业）中的作用。 2001 年至 2017 年期间。通过面板数据，主要发现表明，（a）有关新企业创建的法规对新创业有更强的影响，（b）社会规范对潜在企业家和个人对其自我能力和创业经验的看法有更大的影响。商业，(c) 文化认知维度对新生创业有更大的影响。政策制定者可以考虑这些结果，以促进和制定有效鼓励创业活动的目标群体政策，创业活动也根据各国的发展水平进行区分。