In order to become novice, portfolio or serial entrepreneurs, individuals must first establish themselves as nascent entrepreneurs. Hence, the focus of this article is the factors that lead early stage career individuals to choose business venturing rather than any other career path. In this...

A model of entrepreneurial capital is presented.Extending the idea of intellectual capital, entrepreneurial capital is definedas a multiplicative function of entrepreneurial competence and entrepreneurialcommitment. The relationship between competence and commitment is argued to...