Entrepreneurs' human capital and the start-up size of new technology-based firms

By Massimo G. Colombo, Marco Delmastro, Luca Grilli. 2004

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Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation

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The impact of human capital on the early success of necessity versus opportunity-based entrepreneurs (2014, background): “People with more work experience and who have performed managerial duties are more likely to be in a better position to detect opportunities and raise capital, thus setting up larger and better-equipped businesses (Colombo et al., 2004).”
Regional systems of entrepreneurship: the nexus of human capital, knowledge and new firm formation (2013, background): “Similarly, entrepreneurs’ human capital is positively associated with the survival of new entrants (Bates, 1990; Cooper et al., 1994), the growth of new technology firms (Colombo and Grilli, 2005) and the initial firm size of start-ups (Colombo et al., 2004).”
Does Founders' Human Capital Matter for Innovation? Evidence from Japanese Start‐ups (2015, background): “Colombo et al. (2004) also showed that founders’ human capital, such as educational background and work experience, have a crucial influence on the start-up size of new technology-based firms (NTBFs).2 These findings indicate that founders’ human capital serves as a valuable resource to achieve…”
Knowledge-intensive innovative entrepreneurship integrating Schumpeter, evolutionary economics, and innovation systems (2020, background): “Important ones include gazelles (Birch 1979; Henrekson and Johansson 2010); new technology based firms (for example Colombo et al. 2004; Colombo and Grilli 2005); academic entrepreneurship (Agarwal and Shah 2014); new engineering based firms (for example Autio 1997); and innovative entrepreneurship…”
To be born is not enough: the key role of innovative start-ups (2016, unknown): “By the same token, entrepreneurs’ human and social capital are key drivers, as well (Colombo et al. 2004; Colombo and Grilli 2005; BarNir 2012; Szopa 2013; Agarwal and Shah 2014; Cortese et al. 2015; Hafer and Jones 2015; Kaiser and Muller 2015).”
“To have and have not”: founders’ human capital and university start-up survival (2013, background): “Indeed, in a NTBF context, founders’ human capital is found to be positively related to firm growth (Colombo et al. 2004) and receiving venture capital funding (Hsu 2007).”
Entrepreneurship and the Process of Firms' Entry, Survival and Growth (2007, unknown): “JEL Classification: L10, M13 Keywords: entrepreneurship, new firm, survival, post-entry performance Corresponding author: Marco Vivarelli Facoltà di Economia Università Cattolica Via Emilia Parmense 84 I-29100 Piacenza Italy E-mail: marco.vivarelli@unicatt.it”
Complements or Substitutes? The Role of Universities and Local Context in Supporting the Creation of Academic Spin-offs (2011, unknown): “Moreover, in 2008, we were given access to the RITA atabase (Colombo et al., 2004), the only existing Italian database ocused on high-technology entrepreneurship and which contains nformation on more than 400 companies, including academic spinffs in high-technology industries that had been establish”
The impact of higher education on entrepreneurial intention and human capital (2018, background): “…emphasised that the majority of scholars agree to sustain that IC is one of the most important resources, especially in the first steps of complex business start-up processes and for business competitiveness and profitability (Colombo et al., 2004; Zéghal and Maaloul, 2010; Hormiga et al., 2013).”
Is entrepreneurship necessarily good? Microeconomic evidence from developed and developing countries (2013, background): “” For a very recent study showing that selective support policy schemes have a larger impact than automatic “erga omnes” subsidies on the employment growth of NTBFs, see Colombo et al. (2012). Is entrepreneurship necessarily good? 1477”
Born to be alive? The survival of innovative and non-innovative French micro-start-ups (2014, background): “The specific human capital is therefore a positive factor for the survival of the enterprise, whereas non-specific human capital seems to have no measurable effect (Colombo et al. , 2004). In the case of new technologybased enterprises, the effects of specific human capital are positive, and the one”
Form or Substance: The Role of Business Plans in Venture Capital Decision Making (2009, background): “Recent evidence suggests a relationship between human capital and the ability to acquire resources (Colombo, Delmastro, and Grilli, 2004; Almus and Nerlinger, 1999).”