本研究主要探討新生創業家創業過程時,複雜動態對於創業成功之影響性,並針對社會資本、人力資本為構面,探討動態過程中發現與探索階段及新生創業家創業成功之影響性。實證樣本為美國創業家PSED資料庫,以美國投入創業之新生創業家為研究對象,利用複雜動態之現象,了解對新生創業創業成功之影響性。以創業過程當中『事件率』、『集中度』及『持續時間』等三個動態過程衡量新生創業家的創業活動對於創業活動成功之影響性。並探討了解社會資本、人力資本對新生創業家創業成功之影響因素。過去,社會資本、人力資本之理論基礎,對於探討創業家的活動有相當大的幫助。本研究加以一併討論之,並結合其他因素找出影響創業家成功之關鍵。 本研究主要目的在於提供複雜動態理論之觀點衡量,藉由組織活動的突現,來說明創業活動如何被建立以及如何展開,說明為何有些創業可以創業成功。經文獻推導後,假設八個假說,並藉由實證結果來分析創業動態過程之影響與關聯性。最後,藉由實證之結果說明新生創業家創業成功之原因,並且說明PSED資料庫之意義,與實務上之幫助。
This thesis reports the results of a study designed to investigate the relationship between social capital, human capital , discovery process, exploitation process in a sample of PSED. We use theory and methods from complexity science to examine dynamic patterns among activities undertaken by nascent entrepreneurs in the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics. Using the event histories derived from PSED, we calculated the rate, concentration, and average timing of activities for each nascent venture case. Our primary objective was to help close a research gap regarding human capital and social capital influences on nascent entrepreneurs. Social capital variables were found to be very strong and consistent predictors in the analysis. From a theoretical perspective, understanding the link between exploitation and social capital represents an important area of future research. The purpose of this article is to offer a complexity science approach to the study of organization emergence in order to provide a new explanation for how and why new firms are established, and why some organization founders are more successful than others.We develop hypotheses predicting that certain dynamic patterns in start-up activities will lead to the emergence of new firms. All eight hypotheses are confirmed. The paper concludes with some suggestions for the role of complexity science for furthering insights into the process of organization creation.