801: Leveraging Strategic Human Capital for Entrepreneurial Performance (17956)

Organizer(s)

• YK

  Yeojin Kim

  U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States
• BA

  Bukky Akinsanmi Oyedeji

  London Business School, United Kingdom

Presenter(s)

• AC

  Andrea Contigiani

  The Ohio State U. Fisher College of Business, United States
• FH

  Florence Honore

  U. of Wisconsin, Madison, United States
• JS

  Jungwon Son

  U. of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
• YK

  Yeojin Kim

  U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States
• BA

  Bukky Akinsanmi Oyedeji

  London Business School, United Kingdom

Discussant(s)

• RK

  Rebecca Kehoe

  Cornell U., United States

Entrepreneurial new ventures harness founders’ and employees’ human capital to enhance performance. Individual knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics (KSAOs) aggregate at the firm level to create competitive advantage for new ventures. In this symposium, we bring together four papers that study how individual human capital influences firm-level outcomes. Different types of human capital at different levels of analysis are introduced, thereby highlighting novel mechanisms of how they influence entrepreneurial ventures’ strategy and performance.

Presentations:

• 12:30 – 14:00 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  801: Cognitive Diversity, Experimentation, and Performance in Early-Stage Ventures (17956)
  

  Author: Andrea Contigiani – The Ohio State U. Fisher College of Business
• 12:30 – 14:00 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  801: An Exploration of How Prior Team Experience Shapes Management Practices for Manufacturing Startups (17956)
  

  Author: Florence E M Honore – U. of Wisconsin, Madison

  Author: Jungwon Alexander Son – U. of Wisconsin-Madison
• 12:30 – 14:00 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  801: Hiring, Founder, and Entrepreneurial Innovation (17956)
  

  Author: Yeojin Kim – U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• 12:30 – 14:00 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  801: Workers’ Perceptions of Firm-Specific Human Capital and New Venture Survival (17956)
  

  Author: Bukky Akinsanmi Oyedeji – London Business School