Date of Award
May 2020
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Policy Studies
Committee Member
Lori A Dickes
Committee Member
Brook T Russell
Committee Member
Chad Navis
Committee Member
David M Wyman
Abstract
This dissertation contains three articles that focus on several ways to measure human and social capital and their links to different entrepreneurial outcomes. The study begins by providing an overview of entrepreneurship policy research, highlighting the need for an interdisciplinary approach in this subfield of policy analysis. In the first article, human capital theory is used to understand variations in innovative behavior depending on the size of manufacturing companies in a developing economy. In the second article, factors associated with entrepreneurs' cumulative advantages in the financial system were identified by applying a novel statistical modeling strategy for the field of entrepreneurship research. In the third research article, an estimation of entrepreneurs' human capital impact on new venture performance is analyzed by applying a heterodox theory of human capital, widely used in entrepreneurship research at the regional level, but for the first time at the firm level. The dissertation concludes by providing a general discussion of the findings, policy implications, and potential further research avenues.
Recommended Citation
Segantini Coppola, Marcos, "Three Essays on the Human and Social Capital Effects and Entrepreneurial Firm Performance" (2020). All Dissertations. 2579.
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_dissertations/2579