Human and social capital as drivers of entrepreneurship
Open Access
- 1 January 2018
- journal article
- Published by Asociacion Espanola de Contabilidad y Administracion de Empresas (AECA) in Small Business International Review
- Vol. 2 (1), 29-42
- https://doi.org/10.26784/sbir.v2i1.47
Abstract
The objective of this study is to determine whether human and social capital are drivers of entrepreneurship. The methodology involves the estimation of descriptive and inferential statistical techniques such as logistic regressions and correlations of variables. It is focused on information from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor database for 2012 from Germany and Costa Rica. The results demonstrate that human and social capital, factors related to knowledge, have a positive statistical relationship with the propensity to become an entrepreneur. Little difference exists among knowledge-related factors across countries. They are mainly related to the cultural contexts, which affect the propensity to become an entrepreneurKeywords
This publication has 47 references indexed in Scilit:
- Human capital and the decision to exploit innovative opportunityManagement Decision, 2016
- The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurshipSmall Business Economics, 2013
- Entrepreneurship capital and its impact on knowledge diffusion and economic performanceJournal of Business Venturing, 2008
- Similarities and Differences Across the Factors Associated with Women’s Self-employment Preference in the Nordic CountriesInternational Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship, 2006
- A Network-based Approach on Opportunity RecognitionSmall Business Economics, 2005
- Perceptual Variables and Nascent EntrepreneurshipSmall Business Economics, 2005
- The pervasive effects of family on entrepreneurship: toward a family embeddedness perspectiveJournal of Business Venturing, 2003
- Psychological Perspectives on EntrepreneurshipCurrent Directions in Psychological Science, 2000
- Network Support and the Success of Newly Founded BusinessSmall Business Economics, 1998
- Reflections on self-efficacyAdvances in Behaviour Research and Therapy, 1978