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The role of business counselors in the entrepreneurial specific human capital resource acquisition of entrepreneurs
Description
This dissertation examines the role that business counselors in a public entrepreneurial development program play in improving the Entrepreneurial Specific Human Capital (ESHC) of nascent and active entrepreneurs. Through multiple research methodologies, this study identifies the types of ESHC provided by business counselors then compares them to the types of ESHC commonly accepted as necessary for entrepreneurial success. The comparison reveals a number of insights for policy and research, most notably a minimum portfolio of skills necessary for entrepreneurial success. This study also examines the methods counselors use to help entrepreneurs acquire higher levels of ESHC. These methods allow counselors to assist entrepreneurs in recognizing and overcoming common barriers to business growth, and a model of entrepreneurial business growth barriers has been produced which depicts these barriers as conceptual-operational transition points for the entrepreneur. Additionally, this dissertation develops important information about the use of the business plan in entrepreneurial development, and uncovers a number of moderators in the relationship between the use of the business plan and entrepreneurial success. Finally, the study produces detailed information about ESHC which has potential for scale development, and highlights a number of insights for policy and research that have not been identified previously.
Date Created
2013
Contributors
- Dahlstrom, Timothy R (Author)
- Chapman, Jeffrey I. (Thesis advisor)
- Phillips, Rhonda (Committee member)
- Knopf, Richard (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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Resource Type
Extent
vii, 136 p. : ill., col. charts
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.17841
Statement of Responsibility
by Timothy R. Dahlstrom
Description Source
Viewed on Mar. 12, 2015
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full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: Ph. D., Arizona State University, 2013
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-121)
Field of study: Public administration
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- 2013-07-12 06:19:53
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- 2021-08-30 01:42:09
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