We use a knowledge-based perspective in examining the effects of individuals’ human capital and social capital on the likelihood to engage in new venture creation. Our analyses are based on data collected for the 2002 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. More specifically, we analyzed data from...

The role played by both strong and weak network ties in the creation and growth of immigrant businesses is investigated.Following a review of the literature on immigrant entrepreneurship, stages of venture development, and the role of networks in immigrant communities, the authors examine the...

This paper studies the willingness to become an entrepreneur depending on an individual's composition of human and social capital. Our theoretical analysis is an application and extension of Lazear's (2005) jack-of-all-trades theory. Our primary implication is that it is not individuals with a...

The present study examined two kinds of capital, human and social, on entrepreneurial activities in Hossein Abad Kalpoush Village, Golestan Province, Iran, using primary and secondary data. We used communicative, structural, and cognitive dimensions to evaluate social capital, while we focused...