The Effects of general and specific human capital on long-term growth and failure of newly founded businesses
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The Effects of general and specific human capital on long-term growth and failure of newly founded businesses. / Rauch, Andreas; Rijsdijk, Serge A.
In: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 37, No. 4, 07.2013, p. 923–941.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The Effects of general and specific human capital on long-term growth and failure of newly founded businesses
AU - Rauch, Andreas
AU - Rijsdijk, Serge A.
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - The model developed in this paper draws on human capital theory to explain how newly founded business ventures achieve long-term growth and reduce their chances of failure. Using a sample of 201 business start-ups and assessing growth and venture failure over a period of 12 years, we found that general and specific human capital lead to growth and failure in different ways. More specifically, we found that the effect of general human capital on failure was mediated by growth. Unexpectedly, specific human capital was not related to growth and had direct negative effects on business failure.
AB - The model developed in this paper draws on human capital theory to explain how newly founded business ventures achieve long-term growth and reduce their chances of failure. Using a sample of 201 business start-ups and assessing growth and venture failure over a period of 12 years, we found that general and specific human capital lead to growth and failure in different ways. More specifically, we found that the effect of general human capital on failure was mediated by growth. Unexpectedly, specific human capital was not related to growth and had direct negative effects on business failure.
KW - Entrepreneurship
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84880043620&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2011.00487.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2011.00487.x
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 37
SP - 923
EP - 941
JO - Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
JF - Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
SN - 1042-2587
IS - 4
ER -