This exploratory article aims to take first steps towards understanding whether a regional cultural background has, among other determinants, an influence on a person’s entrepreneurial behaviour, relying on the example of Germany. A multilevel approach is applied combining the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor individual-level data about entrepreneurship with up-to-date cultural dimensions indicators based on Hofstede’s original approach at the regional (NUTS 1) level. The results indicate that regional cultural context is an important determinant of entrepreneurial behaviour. At that, different cultural dimensions have different impacts, and the impact also differs across different stages of entrepreneurship. A lower level of uncertainty avoidance in a region could have a positive impact on early-stage entrepreneurship, whereas the established business ownership seems to be encouraged by a lower level of power distance.

这篇探索性文章旨在采取第一步，以德国为例，了解区域文化背景是否会对个人的创业行为产生影响。基于霍夫斯泰德在地区一级（NUTS 1）的原始方法，应用了多层次方法，将全球企业家精神监测的个人水平数据与最新的文化维度指标相结合。结果表明，区域文化背景是企业家行为的重要决定因素。那时，不同的文化层面具有不同的影响，并且在创业的不同阶段影响也不同。一个地区较低程度的避免不确定性可能会对早期创业产生积极影响，