Abstract
This paper estimates the relationship between entrepreneurial human capital (EHC) of employees in new firms and incumbents and their resilience to major global crises using individual and firm-level data for 1997-2016. EHC is measured as employees' previous experience being entrepreneurs. We use longitudinal register data for Sweden covering the IT-crisis 2001-2003 and the Great Recession 2008-2009. The results show that having employees with an entrepreneurial background decreases the probability of exiting especially for the new ventures, albeit the effect differs between these two crises. We elaborate with alternative measures of EHC, distribute it on occupational function, educational level, and the reason for employees quitting their previous entrepreneurial endeavors (closures, mergers and acquisitions). In addition, we implement three different estimation techniques. Our results remain robust to all these alterations. Besides providing new empirical insights, we argue that our findings are of theoretical interest as well as have practical and policy implications.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Eighty-second Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management |
Editors | Sonja Taneja |
Number of pages | 1 |
Place of Publication | Briarcliff Manor, NY |
Publisher | Academy of Management |
Publication date | 2022 |
Pages | 1626 |
Article number | 13226 |
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Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Event | The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2022: Creating a Better World Together - Seattle, United States Duration: 5 Aug 2022 → 9 Aug 2022 Conference number: 82 https://2022.aom.org/ |
Conference
Conference | The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2022 |
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Number | 82 |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | Seattle |
Period | 05/08/2022 → 09/08/2022 |
Internet address |
Series | Academy of Management Proceedings |
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ISSN | 0065-0668 |
Keywords
- AOM Annual Meeting Proceedings 2022
- AOM Seattle 2022