Entrepreneurship e desempenho no setor hoteleiro no Rio de Janeiro: Uma análise empírica utilizando o índice de Carland

Abstract

The paper tests whether selected variables impact upon the performance of hospitality units located around Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Special attention is given to CEI, a now widely known and applied index of entrepreneurship. On the basis of a convenience sample of 150 units association hypotheses are tested via multiple regression analysis. Data were collected by means of a self-administered questionnaire containing the CEI scale plus some easy-to-answer demographic and operational items. When numerically exploring the behavior of the CEI index nonparametric tests confirmed former authors' findings, mainly that CEI is uncorrelated to the number of rooms and normally distributed. Four equations were estimated and most showed very good results. The final equation is commented about and findings showed the dominance of the size variable (number of rooms). Potential entrepreneurship is significant only via its interaction with the location variable but then it may counteract the size effect.