The Interplay of Human and Social Capital in Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries: The Case of Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorRooks, Gerrit
dc.contributor.authorSzirmai, Adam
dc.contributor.authorSserwanga, Arthur
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-18T19:16:26Z
dc.date.available2022-12-18T19:16:26Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRooks, 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), Helsinkien_US
dc.identifier.issn1810-2611
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6429
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUnited Nations Universittyen_US
dc.subjectSocial capitalen_US
dc.subjectHuman capitalen_US
dc.subjectEntrepreneurshipen_US
dc.subjectDeveloping countriesen_US
dc.titleThe Interplay of Human and Social Capital in Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries: The Case of Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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