...Simon Züfle Purpose This paper aims to examine how entrepreneurs in Kenya mobilize social capital to develop their ventures within an evolving entrepreneurial ecosystem. It explores how social relationships within an innovation hub shape entrepreneurial collaboration, legitimacy and engagement...

... to the growth and survival of new ventures. This empirical study aims to deepen the understanding of the relationship between EO and performance of new venture logistics firms in Nigeria. It further explores the contingent effects of social capital and marketing capabilities on the hypothesised direct...

...Shahid Hassan; Wai Chuen Poon; Ibiwani Alisa Hussain Purpose This study aims to acknowledge the social capital challenges faced by female entrepreneurs in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), specifically the Maldives. As budding female entrepreneurs in a predominantly traditional culture...

...Seun Oladele; Johnson Laosebikan; Femi Oladele; Oluwatimileyin Adigun; Christopher Ogunlusi Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the strength and value-relevance of social capital in an entrepreneurial ecosystem. Entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) provides a new perspective to explaining...

... 08 12 2021 19 03 2022 21 03 2022 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Entrepreneurship Social interactions Negative emotions Developing countries Social capital Entrepreneurial culture Although the participant...

... the extent to which Africa-to-African immigrants leverage their social capital and human capital towards improving the success of their entrepreneurial ventures. Design/methodology/approach First-generation immigrant entrepreneurs within the Johannesburg area in South Africa were surveyed (n...

...Tracy Luseno; Oluwaseun Kolade Purpose The aim of this paper is to use the special context of the Kenyan encampment policy to interrogate the role of social capital as a driver of resourcing for entrepreneurial action in the resource-constrained environment of refugee entrepreneurship in Kenya...

...Kumar Mukul; Gordhan K. Saini Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the talent acquisition practices adopted by startups and understand how small entrepreneurs leverage social capital to address the talent acquisition challenges faced by them, and; identify some of the unique parameters...

... intangible resources: social capital, human capital and reputational capital. The study found that, social, human and reputational capital all significantly contributed to the growth of women businesses. The study also showed a positive and significant effect of social capital, reputational capital and human...

...Rosemond Boohene; Regina Appiah Gyimah; Martin Boakye Osei Purpose Lack of extant studies on the moderating role of emotional intelligence on the relationship between social capital and firm performance necessitated this study. The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which emotional...

... to the ability to discover and seize the existence of entrepreneurial opportunities under specific circumstances which require some expert knowledge. Hence, this study advanced our knowledge in discovering the competence embedded within the researchers namely market knowledge, self-leadership and social capital...

... structural equation modeling, i.e. PLS-SEM. Findings The findings of this study revealed a significant positive effect of social capital on entrepreneurial competencies, innovativeness and competitive advantage. The findings also revealed a significant positive effect of entrepreneurial competencies...

... institution types in the continued survival of agricultural SCPFs. Ghana Social Capital Survival Access to finance Probit regressions Finance networks George Acheampong can be contacted at: geoacheampong@ug.edu.gh 29 08 2017 20 11 2017 20 11 2017 © Emerald Publishing...

... Regional development Social capital […] The reality is such that NGOs, in many cases are in competition with each other to seek and find funds. The strategy is to find the differences and uniqueness of your own programme or project. What new approaches have you used? Usually, each NGO services...

...Karen Yuan Wang; Richard Li‐Hua; Er‐Ming Xu Purpose Focusing on entrepreneurship in China's emerging economy, this paper aims to explore the extent to which the human capital and social capital of Chinese entrepreneurs facilitates their acquisition of tacit marketing knowledge. Design...