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Benson Honig
Researcher at McMaster University
Publications - 127
Citations - 14041
Benson Honig is an academic researcher from McMaster University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Entrepreneurship & Human capital. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 120 publications receiving 12930 citations. Previous affiliations of Benson Honig include Jönköping University & International School of Management (ISM).
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The role of social and human capital among nascent entrepreneurs
Per Davidsson,Benson Honig +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the developmental process of nascent entrepreneurs for 18 months and found that bridging and bonding social capital, consisting of both strong and weak ties, was a robust predictor for nascent entrepreneurs and advancing through the start-up process.
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The role of social and human capital among nascent entrepreneurs
Per Davidsson,Benson Honig +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the developmental process of nascent entrepreneurs for 18 months and found that bridging and bonding social capital, consisting of both strong and weak ties, was a robust predictor for nascent entrepreneurs and advancing through the start-up process.
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Entrepreneurship Education: Toward a Model of Contingency-Based Business Planning
TL;DR: Despite the ubiquity of business planning education in entrepreneurship, there is little evidence that planning leads to success as mentioned in this paper, despite the theoretical and historical underpinnings of such education.
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Transnational Entrepreneurship: An Emergent Field of Study
TL;DR: Transnational entrepreneurship (TE) research has been studied from a variety of perspectives: agency, institutional, cultural, power relations, and social capital and networks as discussed by the authors, with a focus on the exploitation of resources, both social and economic, in more than one country.
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Institutional forces and the written business plan
Benson Honig,Tomas Karlsson +1 more
TL;DR: This article examined factors that led nascent organizations to write business plans, following 396 entrepreneurs during a two-year period, and found that institutional variables, such as coercion and mimetic forces, are important predictors influencing the propensity of new organizations to develop business plans.