Entrepreneurial Dynamism, Business Growth, and Economic Impact: The Mediating Role of Growth in Emerging Urban Contexts

Marianela Elizabeth Rodríguez Lavado; José Barboza Salcedo; Kerwin José Chávez Vera

doi:10.5281/zenodo.20601488

Authors

Marianela Elizabeth Rodríguez Lavado Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Perú
José Barboza Salcedo Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Perú
Kerwin José Chávez Vera Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2842-2099

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20601488

Keywords:

Entrepreneurial dynamism, Resources, Economic growth, Business environment

Abstract

Entrepreneurship in emerging urban contexts faces structural constraints that limit its capacity to generate sustainable economic outcomes. Within this framework, this study examines the relationship among access to resources, entrepreneurial activity, business growth, and economic impact in an urban district of Lima. A quantitative approach was adopted through a PLS-SEM model applied to a sample of 644 ventures located in the district of Los Olivos. The results show that access to resources relates positively to entrepreneurial activity (β = 0.772) and business growth, whereas the latter associates with economic impact (β = 0.501). Likewise, the analysis identified a partial mediating effect of entrepreneurial activity on economic impact through business growth (β = 0.258), with the model reaching substantial explanatory power for economic impact (R² = 0.743). These findings suggest that entrepreneurial dynamism does not operate in isolation; rather, it depends on conditions that foster its consolidation. Accordingly, this study provides empirical evidence on the role of growth as a mechanism for generating economic impact in urban contexts shaped by structural constraints.

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