Boundaries of Social Capital in Entrepreneurship

Light, Ivan; Dana, Léo‐Paul

doi:10.1111/etap.12016

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“…Carter, Brush, Greene, Gatewood, & Hart, 2003;Goby & Erogul, 2011;Minniti, 2008);political and economic stability (Lerner, 2010;Movahedi & Yaghoubi-Farani, 2012;Taylor & Plummer, 2003);culture and society's views on entrepreneurship (C. C. Baughn et al, 2006;C. Baughn & Neupert, 2003;Gupta, Turban, Wasti, & Sikdar, 2009;Light & Dana, 2013;Ramadani, Gërguri, Dana, & Tašaminova, 2013;Shinnar, Giacomin, & Janssen, 2012);business information (Ettl & Welter, 2010;Sandhu et al, 2011);support mechanisms and networking opportunities (Ahmad & Xavier, 2011;Al-Alak & Al-Haddad, 2010;Caputo, Mehtap, et al, 2015;De Vita et al, 2014;Goby & Erogul, 2011);access to formal education and training (Dabic et al, 2012;Dickson, Solomon, & Weaver, 2008;Lüthje & Franke, 2002;Packham, Jones, Miller, Pickernell, & Thomas, 2010;Pruett, 2012).…”

Section: Entrepreneurial Intention and Female Entrepreneurshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Encouraging Female Entrepreneurship in Jordan: Environmental Factors, Obstacles and Challenges

Mehtap

Caputo

Pellegrini

2016

Entrepreneurship and Management in an Islamic Context

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The number of female entrepreneurs and their contribution to the economy is steadily rising. Yet research suggests that female entrepreneurs face more challenges and barriers than their male counterparts. This is expected to be even more prevalent in Islamic contexts, which are characterised by conservative and patriarchal societies. In this research, 254 female business students from a private and a public university responded to a questionnaire that gauges their perceptions about potential barriers to entrepreneurship in Jordan and whether the business education they are receiving helps to prepare them for future entrepreneurial activity. Our results help to form a basis on which a deeper understanding of the phenomena can be achieved through more in depth future research. Among the main environmental factors that worry potential female entrepreneurs are the weakness of Jordanian economy, lack of finance, fear of risk, gender inequality and inability to maintain a work and private life balance. Our results also show that students are really not aware of the opportunities available to them and are unable to make a proper assessment. We call on both universities and the Jordanian government to put more emphasis on practical entrepreneurial education and encouraging women to play a much more active role within the workforce.

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Section: Entrepreneurial Intention and Female Entrepreneurshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Encouraging Female Entrepreneurship in Jordan: Environmental Factors, Obstacles and Challenges

Mehtap

Caputo

Pellegrini

2016

Entrepreneurship and Management in an Islamic Context

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“…Social capital is viewed as a mechanism through which other forms of capital are used more efficiently [28,61]. For example, wildlife tourism microentrepreneurs with innovative ideas and some resources can collaborate with others who have access to markets or have a deeper understanding of the local wildlife resources.…”

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Bonding and Bridging Forms of Social Capital in Wildlife Tourism Microentrepreneurship: An Application of Social Network Analysis

Morais

Seekamp

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Sustainability

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Tourism has been recognized as an important economic sector, requiring a high degree of involvement from the entrepreneurial sector to diversify tourism products and services to meet increasing demand. Tourism is often considered a tool for economic development and a strategy to improve the livelihoods of rural citizens. Specifically, nature-based tourism, such as wildlife tourism, is growing faster than tourism in general, providing a myriad of opportunities for small-scale entrepreneurial engagement. However, several obstacles exist for these small-scale tourism enterprises, such as a lack of social capital. This study examined a network of wildlife tourism microentrepreneurs for bonding and bridging forms of social capital using a social network analysis approach, where bonding and bridging social capital have their own interpretation. Thirty-seven in-person interviews were conducted with wildlife tourism microentrepreneurs from North Carolina's Pamlico Sound Region. The study revealed that microentrepreneurs interacted with each other in a bridging network structure. The ability to reciprocate with other members of the network was essential for business success. The results identified four key bridging ties connecting potential sub-groups in the network, connected to each other in a redundant fashion. We concluded that the formation of a bridging network structure was a function of entrepreneurial phenomena that may not promote a highly trusted, well-connected network. The findings and implications are further discussed in the paper.

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“…Usually it is positive but there are also cases in which cultural capital has negative influence. For instance, cultural capital can be an obstacle in the process by which social capital is converted to economic wealth when it is not supportive to entrepreneurship [Light and Dana, 2013].…”

Section: Social Capital Dimensionsmentioning

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Social Capital, Institutions and Policymaking

Savioli

Patuelli

2016

SSRN Journal

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Economic processes, consisting of interactions between human beings, exploit the social capital of persons endowed with specific culture and identities. The role of institutions and policy makers is to build positive social capital and exploit it to reach their objectives. However, social capital is elusive and has several dimensions by which to interpret its multifaceted functions in economics and society. We cannot forget, furthermore, that social capital sometimes is undesirable for society, for instance when used for unethical uses. Even so, it is widely accepted that social capital has stable and positive effects.JEL classification: Z13, B52, D78

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Boundaries of Social Capital in Entrepreneurship

Cited by 299 publications

References 70 publications

Encouraging Female Entrepreneurship in Jordan: Environmental Factors, Obstacles and Challenges

Encouraging Female Entrepreneurship in Jordan: Environmental Factors, Obstacles and Challenges

Bonding and Bridging Forms of Social Capital in Wildlife Tourism Microentrepreneurship: An Application of Social Network Analysis

Social Capital, Institutions and Policymaking

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