%0 Journal Article %A Martínez Fierro, Salustiano Juan %A Biedma Ferrer, José María %A Ruiz Navarro, José %T Impact of high‐growth start‐ups on entrepreneurial environment based on the level of national economic development %D 2020 %@ 0964-4733 %U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/30146 %X In this paper, we examine the relationship between the conditions of the entrepreneurial environment and high-potential entrepreneurship according to the stage of economic development of the country. A structural equation model was designed based on data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor project, which contains information about 62 countries. Our results suggest that economic development and high-potential entrepreneurship have a greater impact on the entrepreneurial ecosystem than entrepreneurial activity in general—with special effects on government programs, R&D transfer, and access to the domestic market. Notably, the level of influence of sustainable economic development and high-potential entrepreneurship depends on the level of economic development of the country. %K economic development %K entrepreneurial environment %K entrepreneurship %K gazelles %K high growth entrepreneurship %K start-ups %~ Universidad de Cádiz