The Jack-of-All-Trades entrepreneur: Innate talent or acquired skill?

By Olmo Silva. 2007

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation

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If you are so smart, why aren't you an Entrepreneur? (2008, unknown): “We will use our measure of general ability to test Marhall’s claim that general ability is required for success, especially in business.”
Entrepreneurship and Market Size - The Case of Young College Graduates in Italy (2010, methodology): “Moreover, while we have studied the effect of market density on the probability of being an entrepreneur, independently on whether individuals work in the province of birth, Michelacci and Silva (2007) show that entrepreneurs generally start their activity in the region of birth, independently of it”
Balanced skills among nascent entrepreneurs (2013, methodology): “Previous entrepreneurship research on such a jack-of-all-trades view has primarily focused on the entry decision (e.g., Lazear 2005; Silva 2007; Wagner 2006), indicating that people with a balanced skill set are more likely to opt for self-employment.”
Exploring entrepreneurial skills and competencies in farm tourism (2012, methodology): “In contrast, Silva (2007) proposes a more cautious interpretation of the JAT approach, having found in a longitudinal study of Italian entrepreneurs that acquiring a wider skill-set was not significant.”
Self-employment and entrepreneurship in urban and rural labour markets ☆ (2014, background): “Moreover, previous research shows that entrepreneurs tend to be local and set up their business in the location where they were born and still reside (Michelacci and Silva, 2007).”
Individual Determinants of Self-Employment Entry – What Do We Really Know? (2013, unknown): “…a recent study, Bell (2013) finds that mismatched individuals not only receive lower salaries but also exhibit lower levels of job satisfaction, since they probably feel that their skills and capacities are not being 1 For a methodological discussion see Silva (2007). used to their full potential.”
Founders’ human capital and the performance of UK new technology based firms (2012, background): “Finally, Silva (2007) found that the maximum number of roles an individual had prior to becoming an entrepreneur enhances the chances of starting a company; however, it was also argued that this was mainly due to the innate ability of such individuals.”
Is entrepreneurship necessarily good? Microeconomic evidence from developed and developing countries (2013, background): “Silva (2007), ‘Why so many local entrepreneurs?’ Review of Economics and Statistics, 89, 615–633.”