%0 Journal Article
%T Income Inequality, Entrepreneurial Activity, and National Business Systems: A Configurational Analysis
%A Krista B. Lewellyn
%J Business & Society
%@ 1552-4205
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0007650317697954
%X This article explores how and why high levels of income inequality result from configurations of different types of entrepreneurial activities and elements of the institutional context in a multicountry sample. A configurational approach is used to unpack the complexities associated with how income inequality arises from different types of entrepreneurial activities embedded in different institutional contexts associated with Whitley¡¯s national business systems dimensions. The findings from fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis reveal that high levels of both high-growth and necessity entrepreneurial activity are associated with income inequality in certain contexts that are characterized by distinct institutional complementarities
%K entrepreneurial activity
%K fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA)
%K income inequality
%K national business systems
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0007650317697954