Entrepreneurial activities are crucial for national development. While high-quality and innovation-driven entrepreneurship fosters technological progress and industrial upgrading, necessity-driven entrepreneurship effectively alleviates poverty and improves living conditions in emerging economies. However, existing research on government entrepreneurship policies has limitations that focus mostly on a single policy tool, neglecting the synergy among policies and the temporal dimension. Moreover, few studies address the dual objectives of promoting both entrepreneurial quantity and quality. This research adopts the Entrepreneurship Policy Framework (EPF) proposed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and applies the Growth Pattern QCA. Using multi-year panel data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) and the World Bank, we examine how policy combinations foster growth in entrepreneurial quantity and quality over time. The findings reveal that different policy configurations can compensate for the absence of certain supportive conditions, which enable goal achievement despite resource constraints. By comparing configurations for entrepreneurial quantity and quality, this research reveals their differences and interrelations, and provides empirical insights for policymakers to optimize policy portfolios. This research contributes to the literature on entrepreneurship policies by incorporating a dynamic and time-sensitive perspective, offering theoretical and empirical insights into temporal patterns in entrepreneurship development.
