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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
business, management and accounting
Entrepreneurs' human capital resources and tourism firm sales growth: A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis
Tourism Management Perspectives, Volume 38, Article 100801, Year 2021
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New private tourism firms play a key role in promoting local and national wealth creation. Building upon insights from entrepreneurial motivation and human capital theories, in this study fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis of longitudinal data was employed to identify the human capital pathways of 1182 entrepreneurs in Portugal engaged in tourism reporting high firm sales growth between 2008 and 2015. Two dimensions of entrepreneur human capital at firm start-up were found to be sufficient for high sales growth: a) Necessity- and opportunity-based entrepreneurs with specific human capital industry experience relating to tourism, and b) Opportunity-based entrepreneurs with managerial experience. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
Authors & Co-Authors
Kallmuenzer, Andreas
France, La Rochelle
Excelia Business School
Baptista, Rui
Portugal, Lisbon
Universidade de Lisboa
Kraus, Sascha
Italy, Bolzano
Free University of Bozen-bolzano
Ribeiro, António Sérgio
Portugal, Lisbon
Universidade de Lisboa
Cheng, Chengfeng
Taiwan, Taichung
National Taichung University of Science and Technology
Westhead, Paul
United Kingdom, Durham
Durham University Business School
Statistics
Citations: 22
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.tmp.2021.100801
ISSN:
22119736
Study Design
Cohort Study
Study Approach
Qualitative