Considering the differences between rural and urban spaces, through the theoretical framework developed, the purpose of this paper is to uncover and rationalize the differences between rural and urban new ventures in terms of the environment surrounding the new venture, their general characteristics (e.g. sector, size) and export/economic performance.,The theoretical framework is empirically assessed resorting to exploratory statistical analysis based on data collected from a questionnaire survey responded by 408 new ventures headquartered in Portuguese business incubators and science parks. The data collected were treated with the Software Package for the Social Sciences.,The results evidence that rural and urban new ventures differ in terms of generic characteristics, namely sector, size and collaborators’ human capital. Additionally, they differ concerning export and economic performance as well in relation to the perception of the municipality support.,Albeit the present study is mainly exploratory, it constitutes a stepping stone for future research into the differences between rural and urban new ventures regarding their export and economic performance determinants.,The present study innovatively contributes to uncover the role of rural and urban context in entrepreneurship and adds to the scanty empirical literature in the area.

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新农村创业与新城市创业有区别吗？对位于葡萄牙孵化器和科学园中的企业的探索性分析

考虑到城乡空间之间的差异，通过发展的理论框架，本文的目的是揭示和合理化城乡新企业之间在围绕新企业的环境及其总体特征（例如部门，规模和出口/经济绩效。）根据探索性统计分析对理论框架进行经验评估，该数据基于从总部位于葡萄牙企业孵化器和科学园的408家新企业进行的问卷调查收集的数据。收集到的数据用社会科学软件包进行了处理。结果表明，农村和城市的新企业在通用特征方面（即部门，规模和合作者的人力资本）有所不同。另外，