Of those who plan: A meta-analysis of the relationship between human capital and business planning
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Authors
Brinckmann, Jan
Dew, Nicholas
Grichnik, Dietmar
Mayer-Haug, Katrin
Read, Stuart
Subjects
Business Planning
Human Capital
Meta-Analysis
Entrepreneur
SMEs
Human Capital
Meta-Analysis
Entrepreneur
SMEs
Advisors
Date of Issue
2018-02-22
Date
22 February 2018
Publisher
Elsevier
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Abstract
Business planning is a popular phenomenon. Yet, literature presents diverging perspectives regarding business
planning and the role it fulfills for the individuals leading SMEs. To advance research, we focus on providing evidence
regarding factors that determine business planning. We scrutinize how education and different work experience types
affect the disposition of an individual to engage in business planning. Using aggregated data on 8,095 individuals
leading SMEs from 31 independent data sets we examine our hypotheses. In so doing, we expose a critical difference
in the relationship between human capital and the process of planning versus those activities directed at creating a
formal business plan outcome. Various implications of our findings for research on business planning are discussed.
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Article
Description
The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2018.01.003
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Format
55 p.
Citation
Brinckmann, Jan, et al. "Of those who plan: A meta-analysis of the relationship between human capital and business planning." Long Range Planning (2018).
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.