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Success Factors of Entrepreneurial Teams:Modeling Through the Cognitive Mapping


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Little research in entrepreneurship has sought to determine what factors can lead to entrepreneurial team venture success. The present study examined the role of resources such as human capital, social capital, and financial capital and how team processes influenced entrepreneurial team success. Findings from survey data of 80 entrepreneurial teams show that these resources and team dynamics were key factors of entrepreneurial team success. We enrich the entrepreneurial literature by introducing cognitive map as a new technique to measure entrepreneurial team success. Using this technique, we provide a methodological contribution to develop and analyse the cognitive map which reflects collective thinking of entrepreneurs about the factors of their success.

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Entrepreneurial Team, Key Success Factors, Cognitive Map, Entrepreneurial Success.
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Authors

Ahlem Omri
Department of Economic Sciences, Laboratory URECA, University of Sfax, Street of Airport, Tunisia
Younes Boujelbene
Department of Economic Sciences, Laboratory URECA, University of Sfax, Street of Airport, Tunisia

Abstract


Little research in entrepreneurship has sought to determine what factors can lead to entrepreneurial team venture success. The present study examined the role of resources such as human capital, social capital, and financial capital and how team processes influenced entrepreneurial team success. Findings from survey data of 80 entrepreneurial teams show that these resources and team dynamics were key factors of entrepreneurial team success. We enrich the entrepreneurial literature by introducing cognitive map as a new technique to measure entrepreneurial team success. Using this technique, we provide a methodological contribution to develop and analyse the cognitive map which reflects collective thinking of entrepreneurs about the factors of their success.

Keywords


Entrepreneurial Team, Key Success Factors, Cognitive Map, Entrepreneurial Success.

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