In this study, we examine the effect of managerial and technical competencies of information technology (IT) professionals on their salaries. Based on a large nationally representative dataset of more than 55,000 IT professionals in the U.S. for the period 1999-2002, we find that both managerial...

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the phenomenon of senior women managers leaving corporate organisations to start their own companies. Women's advancement to senior management roles is facilitated by the acquisition of human capital and social capital. Female ex-corporate managers leverage...

Principal Topic In this paper we seek to highlight the important intermediate role that the gestation process plays in entrepreneurship by examining its key antecedents and its consequences for new venture emergence. In doing so we take a behavioural perspective and argue that it is not only...

Social Network Capital and Academic Careers: The Case of a College of AgricultureABSTRACT The relationship between economic performance and various forms of capital anchors a significant portion of mainstream economic theory and applied economics. Human, physical and financial capital represent...

Prior research has identified the manner in which human capital, social capital, and other intangible resources create value for organizations. Among such resources, those contributed by a firm's top managers have been singled out as particularly important for the generation and preservation of...

This study examines nascent entrepreneurship by comparing individuals engaged in nascent activities (n = 380) with a control group (n=608), after screening a sample from the general population (n=30,427). The study then follows the developmental process of nascent entrepreneurs for 18 months....

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play an essential part in the development of national economy. It also considered as the main source of employment, poverty reduction, improvement in lifestyle and empowerment of low-income groups. In Indonesia SME also has important role, SME acts as the...

A competitive advantage exists when either an organization's product or service offers the same benefits to consumers at a lower cost or exceeds those benefits (Porter, 1980). Well known business schools such as the Wharton School, at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Harvard Business...

Talent management can broadly be defined as the attraction, integration, development and retention of employees. Historically, many of the components of an organization's talent management strategy and tactics have been allocated in a largely isolated manner to the various specialized human...