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Entrepreneurs’ human capital resources and tourism firm sales growth: A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis

Kallmuenzer, A.; Baptista, R.; Kraus, S.; Ribeiro, A.; Cheng, C.; Westhead, P.

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Authors

A. Kallmuenzer

R. Baptista

S. Kraus

A. Ribeiro

C. Cheng



Abstract

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.

Citation

Kallmuenzer, A., Baptista, R., Kraus, S., Ribeiro, A., Cheng, C., & Westhead, P. (2021). Entrepreneurs’ human capital resources and tourism firm sales growth: A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis. Tourism Management Perspectives, 38, Article 100801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2021.100801

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 9, 2021
Online Publication Date Mar 17, 2021
Publication Date 2021-04
Deposit Date Jul 13, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 17, 2023
Journal Tourism Management Perspectives
Print ISSN 2211-9736
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 38
Article Number 100801
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2021.100801
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1245682

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