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International Business Review 19 (2010) 85–101 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect International Business Review journal homepage: www.els /locate/ibusrev The moderating effect of institutional context on the relationship between associational activity and new business activity in emerging economies Dirk De Clercq a,1, Wade M. Danis b,*, Mourad Dakhli c,2 a Brock University, Faculty of Business, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada b Georgia State University, Institute of International Business, Atlanta, GA 30302-3989, United States c American University of Kuwait, Division of Business and Economics, P.O. Box 3323, Safat 13034, Kuwait A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: Varying institutional environments provide the foundation for a great deal of international Received 23 February 2009 business (IB) research yet relatively little empirical work has examined the association Received in revised form 24 July 2009 between institutional factors and new business development in emerging economies, Accepted 4 September 2009 although the importance of new business development for economic transition and growth is widely acknowledged. Drawing from social network and institutional theories, we address Keywords: this gap by examining the effect of associational activity on the level of new business activity Cross-country differences in emerging economies, and testing the thesis that associational activity becomes more Emerging eco