... to maintain their income” (Bosma et al., 2012) [ 1 ]. Human capital, which manifests as a stock of knowledge, skills and experiences an individual accumulated, has been used as explanations for opportunity identification, new venture creation, start-up firm size, entrepreneurial success and so...

... capital Human capital Entrepreneurial alertness Social capital Job complexity Women entrepreneurship Many scholars have agreed that opportunity recognition stands at the heart of the entrepreneurship field (Short et al., 2010 ; Shane, 2012). Recently, the concept of entrepreneurial...

... Human capital New venture performance Australian Research Council DP0666616 LP0776845 In their review of prior studies examining firm performance, Klapper and Parker (2011 , p. 7) conclude that “women entrepreneurs tend to underperform relative to their male counterparts”. However...

...Kwame Adom; Irene Tiwaa Asare-Yeboa Purpose The study aims to evaluate critically how the elements of human capital theory such as level of education, area of education, training and prior work experience influence female entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa, with focus on Ghana. Though...

... feminist theory and human capital theory, this study examines the effect that human capital has on opportunity identification among men and women in Mexico. The authors specifically examine the role of specific and general human capital in the opportunity identification process. A survey instrument...