Take-up and variation of advice for new firm founders in different local contexts

Mole, Kevin; Capelleras, Joan-Lluís

doi:10.1177/2399654417691514

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“…The knowledge capabilities component was evident in Case A, the intermediary, local council model of business support and Case B, the regional Government agriculture department. In both cases the advisor's knowledge and capacity for delivering real benefits impacted upon personal trust in the advisor (Mole and Capelleras, 2018). The findings thus support Huggins' (2000) assertion that the energy, enthusiasm and experience of intermediaries or brokers is key in generating effective interaction and exchange between participants.…”

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Trust formation in agri-food institutional support networks

McKitterick¹,

Quinn

Tregear

2019

Journal of Rural Studies

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The important role of institutional support actors in building the networking capacities of rural economic actors and communities has been noted. Over the last two decades, rural and agri-food network models of institutional support have undergone substantive change. Trust is a vital feature of such programmes, however the nature of trust, and how it is manifest, in rural support programmes is underexplored. A longitudinal qualitative methodology is adopted, involving semi-structured interviews and group discussions with artisanal food producers and institutional actors in four cases of business support. Drawing upon cases demonstrating varying levels of trust, the paper examines how trust is formed, and lost, across forms of institutional support programmes and the underlying factors that moderate trust formation. The analysis provides insights into the conflicting narratives around trust formation from advisor-client perspectives. The paper contributes to theory development by offering a conceptualisation of trust building approaches in advisor-client relationships in rural support programmes.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 60%

Trust formation in agri-food institutional support networks

McKitterick¹,

Quinn

Tregear

2019

Journal of Rural Studies

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“…by individual consultants, through business development centres, or integrated with the services of business incubators and accelerators. Furthermore, policy support for business development services is commonly combined with financial support to firms in the expectation of positive synergies (Piza et al, 2016;Mole and Capelleras, 2018;Fraser et al, 2002).…”

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“…There is various research evidence suggesting that taking advice and participating in training programmes benefits SMEs and start-ups (Mole and Capelleras, 2018;Mole et al, 2011;Seo et al, 2014). This might not come as a surprise when considering the complexities of running and growing a business.…”

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Business advice for entrepreneurship and small firms

2021

OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Papers

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This paper examines international policy trends and issues in the provision of business development services (advice, consultancy, mentoring) to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups. It examines the rationale for policy intervention, different intervention models, recent evolutions in policy, and evidence on policy impacts. It focuses on three key challenges for business advice policyhow to stimulate demand for business advice from SMEs and start-ups; how to differentiate support to different types of SMEs and start-ups; and how to introduce online business diagnostic tools. The paper offers a number of recommendations to governments and SME and enterprise agencies.

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“…In addition, the conditions for entering a market are usually viewed as being more favorable in densely populated regions (Audretsch and Fritsch 1994) because of the closer proximity to a consumer market, the relatively more developed business infrastructure, and the presence of specialized suppliers and a more skilled workforce (Rotefoss and Kolvereid 2005;Pe'er et al 2014). Networking and collaboration with potential customers, suppliers, and other organizations are also more likely to occur in regions with a greater population density (Liao and Welsch 2005;Kibler et al 2014;Mole and Capelleras 2017). Together these various effects stimulate the creation of new firms in densely populated regions.…”

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Regional and individual determinants of entrepreneurial growth aspirations

Capelleras

Contín-Pilart

Larraza‐Kintana

et al. 2018

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This paper investigates the unique and joint effects of population density and early-stage entrepreneurs' human capital endowments (higher education, entrepreneurship training and owner-manager experience) on entrepreneurial growth aspirations. We test a number of hypotheses using data that combine individual and province level information in Spain over the period [2008][2009][2010]. We argue that growth aspirations of early-stage entrepreneurs are higher in more densely populated regions, but that such environmental influence is stronger for individuals with greater human capital. This is because they will be more aware that denser regions offer more favorable conditions for new businesses and also requires greater firm growth to compensate for a higher risk of business failure. Consistent with our view, we find that the growth aspirations of entrepreneurs with higher education are higher in densely populated provinces. 20 More specifically, we argue that their education and experience will play a key role in shaping how population density affects growth aspirations. Human capital gained through formal educational processes or previous experience allows entrepreneurs to gauge more accurately the environment's opportunities and threats, and greater human capital also increases the selfefficacy of entrepreneurs (Autio and Acs 2010). Overall, then, we expect that growth aspirations in regions with greater population density will be higher for those entrepreneurs with larger endowments of human capital. This is the main contribution of our study.Our empirical analysis is based on a sample of 1835 early-stage entrepreneurs in Spain. We concur with the view of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) project and define an early-stage entrepreneur as an individual who is active in the process of starting a new firm for less than 42 months. The data set we employ combines individual-level information obtained from the GEM project in Spain with province-level information gathered from the Spanish Statistics Institute during the time period 2008-2010.The rest of the paper is organized as follows. We start by developing and justifying four testable hypotheses; next we describe the data as well as our variables and methods used. After presenting the results of our empirical analysis, we conclude by discussing the implications of this research. Theory and hypotheses Population density and entrepreneurial growth aspirationsIndividual behavior takes place in a particular location and in an environment, that is partly region specific (Fritsch and Storey 2014). Entrepreneurs exhibit a strong tendency to locate their respective businesses close to their place of residence (Figueiro et al. 2002;Dahl and Sorenson 2009), from which it follows that firm founders will be heavily influenced by the 26 of) the entrepreneurs' expected number of employees in the next five years and the actual number of employees, exclusive of owners, at the firm's inception. 31 Regional-level predictor. Prior work has found a link between population...

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Take-up and variation of advice for new firm founders in different local contexts

Cited by 5 publications

References 96 publications

Trust formation in agri-food institutional support networks

Trust formation in agri-food institutional support networks

Business advice for entrepreneurship and small firms

Regional and individual determinants of entrepreneurial growth aspirations

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