New business creation and regional development: Enhancing resource acquisition in areas of social deprivation
Dilani Jayawarna,
Oswald Jones and
Allan Macpherson
Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2011, vol. 23, issue 9-10, 735-761
Abstract:
Over 7 years, the UK-Government funded an entrepreneurship scholarship scheme in the most deprived regions of England. This study examines how, for 211 of these nascent entrepreneurs, bootstrapping compensated for their inability to obtain debt or equity funding. Results show that social capital (strong, weak and brokerage ties) is important for access to bootstrapped resources. While human capital, including previous business experience and financial skills, are linked to joint-utilisation approaches to bootstrapping, higher financial investment is linked to owner- and payment-related approaches. A key outcome for developing appropriate regional policy is that ‘brokers’ provide a link between socially disadvantaged entrepreneurs and external resources.
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2010.520337
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