The Influence of Human Capital in Entrepreneurial Intention in Deprived Areas: A Theoretical Framework

Abstract

Studies have suggested that entrepreneurship is a key mechanism for rejuvenating and facilitating economic growth in deprived areas. To provide further understanding of the persistently low entrepreneurial intentions found in deprived areas this chapter identifies key mechanisms and theoretical frameworks that link the formation of appropriate human capital to the prevailing environment, and that influences may flow in both directions. This contributes to the existing literature to provide a fuller understanding of interest to policy-makers of why past interventions have struggled to boost entrepreneurial intentions and where new interventions may be most effective in generating more positive entrepreneurial intentions in deprived areas.

Citation

Zhao, Y., Arici, E., Galanakis, K. and Thompson, P. (2022), "The Influence of Human Capital in Entrepreneurial Intention in Deprived Areas: A Theoretical Framework", Pickernell, D.G., Battisti, M., Dann, Z. and Ekinsmyth, C. (Ed.) Disadvantaged Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research, Vol. 14), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 33-60. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-724620220000014003