Human Capital, Social Capital and Performance: An Empirical Test from an Entrepreneurial Project-Based Industry

26 Pages Posted: 30 Jul 2001

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Alessandro Usai

University of Bocconi - Organization and Human Resources Management Department

Giuseppe Delmestri

University of Bocconi - Organization and Human Resources Management Department

Fabrizio Montanari

University of Bocconi - Organization and Human Resources Management Department

Date Written: February 2001

Abstract

Interpersonal ties facilitate access to resources and ideas. What should be their intensity? And how do the human and social capital of entrepreneurs affect the performance of their projects? We investigated this in the Italian cinema industry in the 1990s, focussing on the director's role. Human and social capital significantly affected performance. Economic and artistic reputation were linked to economic and artistic performance. Task characterised by lower/higher uncertainty were favoured/damped by strong interpersonal ties.

Keywords: Human capital, social capital, film industry

JEL Classification: L20, L82, M13

Suggested Citation

Usai, Alessandro and Delmestri, Giuseppe and Montanari, Fabrizio, Human Capital, Social Capital and Performance: An Empirical Test from an Entrepreneurial Project-Based Industry (February 2001). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=278236 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.278236

Alessandro Usai (Contact Author)

University of Bocconi - Organization and Human Resources Management Department ( email )

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Giuseppe Delmestri

University of Bocconi - Organization and Human Resources Management Department ( email )

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Italy
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Fabrizio Montanari

University of Bocconi - Organization and Human Resources Management Department ( email )

Via Sarfatti 25
20136 Milan, MI 20136
Italy

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