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The role of human capital outcomes in generating business ideas

Donata Sobakinova (School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China)
Yan Zhou (School of Economy and Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China)
Dilawar Khan Durrani (University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan)

VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems

ISSN: 2059-5891

Article publication date: 7 October 2019

Issue publication date: 17 January 2020

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Abstract

Purpose

Despite the existence of a vast body of research on entrepreneurship, little is known about why some entrepreneurs are able to generate and realize more business ideas than others. This study aims to present a prospective answer to this question by empirically examining the relationships among human capital outcomes (entrepreneurial knowledge and skills) and the number of business ideas generated and implemented. Additionally, the authors examined the moderating effect of the entrepreneurial self-efficacy on the proposed relationships.

Design/methodology/approach

A statistical analysis on a sample of 340 Russian entrepreneurs was conducted.

Findings

The results from the analysis indicated that human capital outcomes (entrepreneurial knowledge and skills) are positively related to the number of generated and implemented ideas. Furthermore, it was seen that entrepreneurial self-efficacy significantly moderates the relationship between human capital outcomes and the number of implemented ideas. However, self-efficacy has no significant moderating effect on the relationships among human capital outcomes and the number of generated ideas. Finally, the results showed that the number of ideas generated mediates the relationships among human capital outcomes and the number of ideas implemented.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no previous study has investigated the combination of such variables as entrepreneurial human capital outcomes, entrepreneurial self-efficacy and the number of new business ideas. This paper investigates this gap in the literature with an empirical analysis of the relations between the mentioned variables based on data collected from Russian entrepreneurs.

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Citation

Sobakinova, D., Zhou, Y. and Durrani, D.K. (2020), "The role of human capital outcomes in generating business ideas", VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, Vol. 50 No. 1, pp. 163-183. https://doi.org/10.1108/VJIKMS-03-2019-0033

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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