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Still playing the game?

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  • Helle Neergaard
  • Norris Krueger

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This paper explores the contribution of various forms of capital to the development of the entrepreneurial venture. It centres on the influence of human capital, which constitutes the foundation of knowledge-based societies and bears on how entrepreneurs organise and manage new technology and knowledge-based ventures. It extends existing theory on human capital by suggesting that the choice of innovative, strategic, organisational and leadership practices are influenced by one important type of human capital: namely socialisation from being trained to compete in sports involving such factors as physical strength, speed, endurance, a competitive mind, strategising and team spirit; all ingredients necessary in building a new venture. The paper departs from a quantitative dataset, triangulating with qualitative data derived from an open-ended survey distributed to two separate samples in order to compare male and female experiences.

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  • Helle Neergaard & Norris Krueger, 2012. "Still playing the game?," International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 4(1), pages 18-31.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeven:v:4:y:2012:i:1:p:18-31
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    Cited by:

    1. Pompiliu-Nicolae Constantin & Rares Stanescu & Monica Stanescu, 2020. "Social Entrepreneurship and Sport in Romania: How Can Former Athletes Contribute to Sustainable Social Change?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-15, June.
    2. Norris F. Krueger Jr., 2007. "What Lies Beneath? The Experiential Essence of Entrepreneurial Thinking," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 31(1), pages 123-138, January.
    3. Ted Hayduk & Matthew Walker, 2018. "Mapping the strategic factor market for sport entrepreneurship," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 14(3), pages 705-724, September.

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