Founders' human capital and the growth of new technology-based firms: A competence-based view

By Massimo G. Colombo, Luca Grilli. 2005

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

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Export propensity, export intensity and firm performance: The role of the entrepreneurial founding team (2012, background): “…and proven in a number of studies to be among the main determinants of strategic choice, opportunity identification and of a variety of performance measures throughout a firm’s life (Cooper, 1981; Roper, 1998; Westhead et al , 2001; Colombo and Grilli, 2005; Casson, 2005; Ucbasaran et al, 2008).”
R&D drivers and age: : Are young firms different? (2014, background): “YICs should be considered distinct from the so-called “New Technology-Based Firms” (NTBFs), which are R&D-intensive start-ups in emerging high-tech sectors (see Storey and Tether, 1998; Colombo and Grilli, 2005).”
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).”
Determinants of young firms’ innovative performance: Empirical evidence from Europe (2017, background): “Due to the idiosyncratic, non-contractible nature of entrepreneurial judgment and the high costs of coordinating knowledge dispersed among different individuals, the distinctive capabilities of young firms are closely related to the knowledge and skills of their founders (Colombo and Grilli, 2005).”
The Evolution of Business Incubators: Comparing demand and supply of business incubation services across different incubator generations (2012, background): “Moreover, training sessions on relevant topics may contribute to increase ventures’ knowledge bases and therefore positively impact on their development and performance (Colombo and Grilli, 2005; Davidsson and Honig, 2003).”
Serial entrepreneurship: impact of human capital on time to re-entry (2011, background): “Serial entrepreneurship is said to be important for its potential in fostering the process of wealth creation (Scott and Rosa 1996; Westhead et al. 2005), job generation (Flores-Romero 2006; Westhead et al. 2005) and economic performance (Westhead et al. 2003, 2005; Colombo and Grilli 2005 ).”
Entrepreneurial Competencies and SMEs Business Success: The Contingent Role of External Integration (2015, background): “2.4 Entrepreneurial Competencies and Business Success The entrepreneurial competencies are associated with birth, survival and venture’s growth (Colombo & Grilli, 2005; Baum et al., 2001; Bird, 1995).”
Examining the formation of human capital in entrepreneurship: A meta-analysis of entrepreneurship education outcomes (2013, background): “Entrepreneurship researchers have studied the relationship between human capital and entrepreneurship outcomes at the individual (e.g. Cassar, 2006), group (e.g. Zarutskie, 2010) and venture (e.g. Colombo & Grilli, 2005)!levels of analysis.”
The contribution of university research to the growth of academic start-ups: an empirical analysis (2010, background): “These variables allow to control for the alleged positive impact on firm growth of the human capital of the founding team (for a survey see Colombo and Grilli 2005; Storey 1994).”
To be born is not enough: the key role of innovative start-ups (2016, neutral): “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).”
Funding Gaps? Access To Bank Loans By High-Tech Start-Ups (2007, background): “The sample analyzed in the present study is composed of 386 Italian start-ups (see also Colombo et al., 2004; Colombo and Grilli, 2005a).”
The Impact of Human and Social Capital on Entrepreneurs’ Knowledge of Finance Alternatives (2012, methodology): “Following prior studies, we distinguish between generic and specific human capital (Becker 1975; Colombo and Grilli 2005; Dimov and Shepherd 2005; Gimeno et al. 1997).”