Intellectual capital and new ventures: The entrepreneur's cognizance for company management

The purpose of this research is to analyse the intellectual capital gauges most often utilized by entrepreneurs in the management of new ventures and to relate the use of these gauges to business performance. On the basis of interview data collected from 103 entrepreneurs, we provide evidencethat th...

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Autores: Hormiga Pérez, Esther, Hancock, Connie, Valls Pasola, Jaume
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Data de publicação:2013
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositório:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/227896
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/227896
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Capital intel·lectual
Emprenedoria
Empreses
Intellectual capital
Entrepreneurship
Business enterprises
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Resumo:The purpose of this research is to analyse the intellectual capital gauges most often utilized by entrepreneurs in the management of new ventures and to relate the use of these gauges to business performance. On the basis of interview data collected from 103 entrepreneurs, we provide evidencethat the use of such measuring techniques impacts positively on overall business performance. Moreover, the results indicate that those entrepreneurs utilizing some form of intellectual capital (IC) measurement have superior results. Consequently, we highlight the importance of detecting, measuring and utilizing IC for new ventures stressing the potential benefitsthat such analysis can have on the initial stepstaken by an entrepreneur in venture formationand business development.