 Roles of Social Capital in Venture Creation: Key Dimensions and Research Implications*Jianwen Liao and Harold Welsch Journal of Small Business Management, 2005, vol. 43, issue 4, 345-362 Abstract: This study was built upon Nahapiet and Ghoshal's three dimensions of social capital—structural, relational, and cognitive. It addresses three research questions: (1) Are there significant differences in social capital between nascent entrepreneurs and the general public (control group)? (2) Are there significant differences in social capital between technology and nontechnology nascent entrepreneurs? (3) How do the three dimensions of social capital interact among themselves across different sample groups? These questions were examined by using the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics data set. Results suggest that there are no significant differences in various dimensions of social capital between nascent entrepreneurs and the general public. What differentiates the two groups is not the amount of social capital but the patterns of association among its different dimensions. Additionally, the authors found that technology‐based nascent entrepreneurs tend to have a higher degree of relational capital than their nontechnology counterparts. Implications and future research directions are discussed. Date: 2005 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:ujbmxx:v:43:y:2005:i:4:p:345-362 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2005.00141.x Access Statistics for this article Journal of Small Business Management is currently edited by Eric Liguori More articles in Journal of Small Business Management from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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