This study investigates the influence of business owner human and social capital on start-up export intensity. In addition, building on the knowledge-based view of the firm; we assume the relationships between owner characteristics and firm export activities to be moderated by the start-up's...

This study investigates how business owner human and social capital affect start-up absorptive capacity under different environmental conditions. From our analysis of a sample of 199 Flemish start-ups, we observe that the owner's start-up experience and bridging social capital are positively and...

One of the main tasks of the transition economies is to catch up with the advanced levels of highly developed economies. The lack of social capital is a major impediment to this process, as it does not allow taking dvantage of the comparatively high level of human capital in these ountries. The...