This paper studies the event history of business foundation. Three theoretical concepts of human, financial and social capital are linked to investigate variations over time of people's decision processes to become self-employed. Data from a cohort of Dutch inhabitants born in 1939/1940 who have...

We investigate the manifold posed question: To what extent does investment in human and social capital, besides the effect of talent, enhance entrepreneurial performance? We distinguish between three different performance measures: survival, profits, and generated employment. On the basis of the...

Content analysis of interviews conducted with reindeer herders - referred to as reindeer husbandry entrepreneurs, by the Reindeer Herders' Association - from two ethnic communities in Finland reveals that participants who identified themselves as ethnic Finns viewed their self-employment as an...

This paper examines the entrepreneurial inclinations of young people who achieved excellence in vocational occupations. We propose a three-capital approach to the study of entrepreneurship. Relying on the existing theories and original qualitative and quantitative data analyses, findings from...

This study fills a huge gap in the literature by examining the impacts of microfinance, and financial and social capital on the performance of microenterprises in the case of Indonesia. The ordered probit results of the data collected via a survey of respondents shows a negative relationship...

In contemporary times, social capital and human capital have become important topics for business practitioners and academics. Because the entrepreneurship environment has become more competitive, the need to develop and improve social capital and human capital has become crucial. Despite the...