The Connections Between Founders’ Social Network and Human Capital in Technology-Based New Ventures

Zane Lee J. () and DeCarolis Donna Marie
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Zane Lee J.: Department of Management & Entrepreneurship, Rowan University, 201 Mullica Hill Rd, Business Hall, Glassboro, NJ 08028-1700, USA
DeCarolis Donna Marie: Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship, Drexel University, Philadelphia , PA 19104 , USA

Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 2024, vol. 14, issue 2, 401-432

Abstract: This research examines the relationship between a founding team’s social network and the acquisition of its critical human capital. First, explicitly dealing with technology-based firms, we disaggregate the founder(s) social network into four sub-networks: academic, industry, finance, and personal (family and community). Then, we detail the relationship between these individual sub-networks and the acquisition of both technical and business skilled human capital. Our results confirm that individual sub-networks have a differential effect on acquiring both technical and business human capital.

Keywords: social networks; human capital; new ventures; entrepreneurs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1515/erj-2020-0550

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