# Antecedents of the effectiveness of entrepreneurship policy: An integrated framework

## TL;DR

This paper explores factors influencing the success of government entrepreneurship policies and proposes a model to evaluate their effectiveness.

## Contribution

The study introduces an integrated framework and 'effectiveness-testing' model for analyzing entrepreneurship policy effectiveness.

## Key findings

- Policy formulation, tech support, legal safeguards, implementation, and social environment impact policy effectiveness.
- The factors collectively influence government entrepreneurship policy outcomes with distinct roles.
- The findings offer theoretical and managerial insights for improving entrepreneurship policy management.

## Abstract

By employing grounded theory method to conduct in-depth interviews, this paper argues that policy formulation, scientific and technology support, legal safeguards, policy implementation, and social environment are the major factors to influence the effectiveness of entrepreneurship policy of government, and thus comprehensively form an “effectiveness-testing” model to further analyze the pathway and internal mechanism. The findings show that these factors have an important effect on the effectiveness of entrepreneurship policy of government together with different functions. The findings are of great theoretical and managerial implications for perfecting and developing entrepreneurial management theory, public policy evaluation, and entrepreneurship policy management, as well as promoting local entrepreneurship and innovation activities.