Entrepreneur's Human Capital and Business Model Innovation: The Meditation Role of Access to Start-Up Resources

Tran Nha Ghi ； Nguyen Thi Phuong Anh ； Nguyen Quang Thu ； Ngo Quang Huan

《International Journal of Information and Management Sciences》 32卷1期 (2021/03) Pp. 59-76

https://doi.org/10.6186/IJIMS.202103_32(1).0004

摘要

Based on human capital theory, this study aims to explain start-up resources formation and business model innovation. The study examined the effect of entrepreneur's human capital (including managerial skills and entrepreneurial skills) on business model innovation via access to start-up resources as a mediator. The Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was conducted with the size sample of 220 founders/ co-founders of start-up firms in Vietnam. The research results supported the positive links from managerial skills and entrepreneurial skills to business model innovation through the mediating mechanism of access to start-up resources. The study explored the meditation role of access to start-up resources between entrepreneur's human capital and business model innovation. In addition, the results provide practical value to entrepreneurs in improving managerial skills and entrepreneurial skills in order to facilitate the access to outside support resources and promote business model innovation. Finally, the study suggests some managerial implications for entrepreneurs, research limitations and further research directions.

關鍵字

Access to start-up ； resources ； Business model innovation ； Entrepreneurial skills ； Managerial skills

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