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THE EFFECT OF HUMAN CAPITAL ON SOCIAL CAPITAL AMONG ENTREPRENEURS

HANNES OTTÓSSON

Department of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management, Engstien 1, 6000 Kolding, Denmark

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KIM KLYVER

Department of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management, Engstien 1, 6000 Kolding, Denmark

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S021849581000063XCited by:7 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

Using data collected from 714 entrepreneurs in a random sample of 10,000 Danes, this study provides an investigation of the effect of human capital on social capital among entrepreneurs. Previous entrepreneurship research has extensively investigated the separated effect of human capital and social capital on different entrepreneurial outputs. The study takes a step back and investigates how these two capital concepts are related — specifically how human capital influences social capital. In general, human capital and social capital were found to be co-productive, and increased human capital seems to increase the level of social capital concurrently. The dependence between human capital and social capital has tremendous implications for policy making and entrepreneurs.

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