Human capital theory and venture capital firms: exploring “home runs” and “strike outs”

By Dimo Dimov, Dean A. Shepherd. 2005

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Subfields: Accounting, Management of Technology and Innovation

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Entrepreneurial orientation, management commitment, and human capital: The internationalization of SMEs in India (2011, methodology): “Jaworski and Kohli (1993) Degree of Internationalization 1 • Percentage of foreign sates to total sales Zahra and Garvis, 2000; Lu and Beamish, 2001, 2004) Human Capital (# of items=2) 2 • Education level and experience Dimov and Shepherd (2005).”
A framework of organisational innovation and outcomes in SMEs (2011, background): “A key component of human capital is the possession of specific knowledge, which yields competitive advantage and therefore, the types of education, and experiences of employees are important in assessing high performing companies ( Dimov and Shepherd, 2005”
Interaction between feasibility and desirability in the formation of entrepreneurial intentions (2011, background): “Since human capital has been shown to influence the formation of entrepreneurial intentions (Davidsson and Honig, 2003; Dimov and Shepherd, 2005) we also included measures of age, gender, and education.”
Engagement in entrepreneurship in emerging economies: Interactive effects of individual-level factors and institutional conditions (2016, background): “…with the access to the “knowledge corridor” that higher education provides, enable them to recognize a wider range of entrepreneurial opportunities (Dimov & Shepherd, 2005), and evaluate and exploit those opportunities more successfully (Cooper, Gimeno-Gascon, & Woo, 1994; Shane & Venkataraman,…”
Small firm innovation performance and employee involvement (2014, unknown): “It is well known that opportunity recognition capabilities differ between individuals and are dependent on human capital (Zarutskie 2010; Dimov and Shepherd 2005; Snell and Dean 1992; Grant 1996b; Tushman and Anderson 1986; Ucbasaran et al. 2009), social capital (Bhagavatula et al.”
Human Capital and Entrepreneurship Research: A Critical Review and Future Directions (2016, background): “…Elfenbein et al., 2010 Dana & Light, 2011 Watson et al., 2003 Campbell, 2013 Jayawarna et al., 2011 Baum & Silverman, 2004 Cetindamar et al., 2012 Dimov & Shepherd, 2005 Organization Science Robson et al., 2013 Powers & McDougall, 2005 Dencker et al., 2009 Cassar, 2006 Petkova et al., 2013…”
A Review and Road Map of Entrepreneurial Equity Financing Research: Venture Capital, Corporate Venture Capital, Angel Investment, Crowdfunding, and Accelerators (2017, methodology): “Another contingency accounting for variation in performance is heterogeneity across VC firms (Dimov and Shepherd, 2005; Kaplan & Schoar, 2005; Sørenson, 2007).”
Venture Capital Investment Strategy and Portfolio Failure Rate: A Longitudinal Study (2006, background): “Gifford (1997) also pointed out that venture capitalists face serious time allocation dilemmas with regard to supporting portfolio companies, raising new funds, and locating and closing new investment deals.”
Founder's human capital, external investment, and the survival of new high-technology ventures (2010, background): “Founder’s human capital and venture survival The human capital of founding entrepreneurs is believed to be a critical factor in the performance of new ventures (Bruderl et al., 1992; Cooper et al., 1994; Hart et al., 1995, p. 92; Greene et al., 1999; Bozeman, 2004; Dimov and Shepherd, 2005).”
Fostering digital entrepreneurship from startup to scaleup: The role of venture capital funds and angel groups (2019, methodology): “particular, research has been focused on VC decision–making process (e.g. Tyebjee and Bruno, 1984; Dimov and Shepherd, 2005; Petty and Gruber, 2011) as well as on the principle–agent framework characterizing the investor–entrepreneur relationship (Sapienza and Gupta, 1994; Hellmann and Puri, 2002).”
Markets, Hierarchies, and Families: Toward a Transaction Cost Theory of the Family Firm (2010, unknown): “For instance, being able to identify opportunities, spotting and recruiting talent, motivating workers, closing deals and making sales are quite broadly applicable (Dimov & Shepherd, 2005).”