| Abstract: | The aim of this article is to provide new empirical evidence on the causality between proxy variables of technology entrepreneurship and proxy variable of sustainable economic performance in a vector error correction model. It covers a sample of 13 countries participated to Global Entrepreneurship Monitor studies under the period 2002–2013. Building on a theoretical background that considers the adoption of new technologies through a dynamic process of creative destruction based on innovation as the most important factor for achieving long-term economic growth, the empirical investigation uses robust econometric techniques that are capable of estimating long-run cointegrating relationships in panel data. Our results support the idea that total entrepreneurship activity related to the technology sector leads to improve the sustainability of a nation in the long run. More importantly, our paper helps understand the nature of liaison between the creation of innovative and high-technology business and the presence of favorable social and environmental conditions for the well-being of a population. |
