The Interplay of Human and Social Capital in Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries: The Case of Uganda
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Date
2009
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United Nations Universitty
Abstract
This paper discusses the characteristics and determinants of entrepreneurial behaviour in
Uganda. It is based on a recent survey of urban and rural entrepreneurs, executed in May
2008. The main dependent variables are business success, gestation activities and
innovative performance. The paper focuses in particular on the interplay of human and
social capital in determining entrepreneurial performance. A prominent question in the
literature is whether human capital and social capital act as complements or substitutes in
furthering entrepreneurial dynamism.
We find that Ugandan enterprises are predominantly very small and not very dynamic. Most
enterprises are young, with little or no growth of employment since start-up. Only a very
small subset of sample entrepreneurs could be classified as entrepreneur in the dynamic
Schumpeterian sense.
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Social capital, Human capital, Entrepreneurship, Developing countries
Citation
Rooks, Gerrit; Szirmai, Adam; Sserwanga, Arthur (2009) : The interplay of human and social capital in entrepreneurship in developing countries: The case of Uganda, WIDER Research Paper, No. 2009/09, ISBN 978-92-9230-178-1, The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki