While recent work shows that characteristics of managers influence firm performance, evidence regarding the selection of managers into firms is scarce. This paper uses novel data from the labor market for MBA graduates to understand how these individuals search and compete for jobs. I find that...

Moving towards the entrepreneurial society requires an entrepreneurship capital, which consists of individuals who intend to take risk of creating new firms. The business-graduates can be considered as such capital who have self–efficacy for as well as positive attitudes towards...