TY - CONF
T1 - Regional Social Capital and the Entrepreneurial Establishment Process
T2 - A Multi-Level Study
AU - Kleinhempel, Johannes
AU - Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd
AU - Klasing, Mariko J.
PY - 2019/7/18
Y1 - 2019/7/18
N2 - We assess the relationship between regional social capital and individuals’ propensity to transition through the entrepreneurial establishment process. We predict that regional social capital reduces entrepreneurs’ liabilities of smallness, newness, and outsidership. Conceptualizing and measuring entrepreneurship as a sequential four-staged process for 22,878 individuals living in 110 regions across 22 European countries, we find that regional social capital is relevant for individuals who want to become entrepreneurs and seek to gather the required resources and knowledge to formally establish a venture. Our analysis highlights the importance of assessing entrepreneurship as an individual-level process which is embedded in its regional context.
AB - We assess the relationship between regional social capital and individuals’ propensity to transition through the entrepreneurial establishment process. We predict that regional social capital reduces entrepreneurs’ liabilities of smallness, newness, and outsidership. Conceptualizing and measuring entrepreneurship as a sequential four-staged process for 22,878 individuals living in 110 regions across 22 European countries, we find that regional social capital is relevant for individuals who want to become entrepreneurs and seek to gather the required resources and knowledge to formally establish a venture. Our analysis highlights the importance of assessing entrepreneurship as an individual-level process which is embedded in its regional context.
U2 - 10.5465/AMBPP.2019.18934abstract
DO - 10.5465/AMBPP.2019.18934abstract
M3 - Paper
SP - 18934
ER -