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... priorities and adaptation needs. Given this backdrop and recognising the importance of social capital in shaping UICs , this study explores how social capital shapes collaboration and fosters innovation within small businesses engaged in UICs . Design/methodology/approach Adopting social capital...

... 2025 06 11 2025 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Cultural capital Ecological value Ecopreneurship Economic capital Football Social capital Strategic capital The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres claimed...

...Julien Billion; Jeremie Renouf; Claire Doussard; Jonathan Labbé Purpose This article examines how social capital influences the entrepreneurial experiences of persons with disabilities (PwD), who often pursue self-employment due to limited access to traditional employment. Although...

...Stefania Masè; Virginia Lasio; Myriam Cano-Rubio; Georges Samara; Andrea Calabrò Purpose This study examines the intersection of legacy and contextual dimensions through a symbolic interactionist approach, analyzing how legacy as a form of social capital evolves and is transmitted across family...

...M. Jose Ruiz-Ortega; Gloria Parra-Requena; Pedro Manuel Garcia-Villaverde; Job Rodrigo-Alarcón Purpose The aim of this study is to analyze the mediating role of sustainability orientation, moderated by social capital, in the relationship between EO and firm performance. Design/methodology...

...Lijie Zhang; Zhibin Lin; Yevhen Baranchenko; Li Ren Purpose This study investigates how intra-family succession impacts the internationalization of family firms, focusing on generational factors such as the departure of incumbents and the social capital of successors. Design/methodology...

...Jan Harima; Aki Harima Purpose The level of social capital is a crucial indicator of the evolutionary stage of entrepreneurial ecosystems. While prior studies have highlighted the role of leadership by anchor organizations in building networks within nascent entrepreneurial ecosystems...

... segment as an opportunity; nevertheless, their intentions to participate and encourage innovation in this growing sector are unexplored. Drawing upon the social capital theory and health belief model, the study examines the factors that drive entrepreneurship. A novel model is proposed to comprehend...

...Argyrios Loukopoulos; Dimitra Papadimitriou; Niki Glaveli Purpose This study investigates the influence of organizational social capital (OSC) on the social and economic performance of social enterprises (SEs) in Greece and the mediating role of social entrepreneurship orientation (SEO...

...Hande Karadag; Faruk Sahin; Cagri Bulut Purpose In the current study based on the resource-based view (RBV), a three-way interaction model tests the relationships among human and social capital resources, innovation orientation (IO) and innovation capability in the context of new ventures...

...Frank Crowley; Peter Barlow Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between an individual's social capital context and entrepreneurship using a multi-level modelling framework. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses data from 87,007 individual level observations...

...Muhammed Abu Nasra; Amalya Oliver Purpose This study examines the social and human capital of successful Arab and Jewish technological entrepreneurs in Israel, and explores how human and social capital differ between technology-based industries. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative study...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only Capital structure SMEs Institutions Social capital Vietnam Although small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) around the world are all likely to identify access to finance as biggest obstacle of their survival and growth, this issue is much more...

...Hongyu Ma; Yongmei Carol Zhang; Allan Butler; Pengyu Guo; David Bozward Purpose China has a new rural revitalization strategy to stimulate rural transformation through modernizing rural areas and resolving their social contradictions. While social capital is recognized as an important element...

...Hedi Yezza; Didier Chabaud; Léo Paul Dana; Adnane Maalaoui Purpose This paper investigates the impact of bridging social capital on the financial and non-financial performance of family businesses and explores the mediation role of social skills in the context of family succession. Design...

...Vi Dung Ngo; Quang Evansluong; Frank Janssen; Duc Khuong Nguyen Purpose This article aims to clarify the role of social capital and social capital inequality embedded in bank ties in enabling and diversifying new firms' debt use. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a quantitative...

...Amirmahmood Amini Sedeh; Hooman Abootorabi; Jing Zhang Purpose Grounded in theory of planned behavior, this study explores how national social capital, as an important but untested element of institutional environment, influences the effect of perceived entrepreneurial ability on entrepreneurial...

...Mai Thi Thanh Thai; Ekaterina Turkina; Amon Simba Purpose Through utilizing social capital as an overarching concept, the purpose of this article is to investigate cross-country rates of business formation in the formal vs informal sectors. Plus, empirically assess the impact of social capital...

... rights only We applied simple random and the snowball sampling method. Our approach involved the use of headhunters, international employers and relocation companies as multipliers. International assignments Entrepreneurial intentions Human capital Social capital Jack-of-all-trades...