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Nowadays, the scientific community assigns both social context and entrepreneurs’ behavior as a central role in the growth and development of the world economy. However, the relationships between these two factors have not been sufficiently studied in business and economics. Therefore, in this paper, the specific influence of the new socioeconomic factor of social capital on the formation of entrepreneurial intentions will be analyzed. To test the theoretical hypotheses, an empirical study will be carried out using the Partial Least Squares (PLS) technique with data from a sample of young undergraduate students in the last year of their degree. This population has been selected because these individuals, according to different studies, show a higher propensity towards firm creation.
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We are most grateful to the participant of the session of entrepreneurship, and especially to the chair Miguel A. Galindo, for their interesting and helpful comments. We also thank W. Chin for his permission to use the PLSGraph software in the empirical analysis.
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A previous version of this paper was presented to the 61st International Atlantic Economic Conference held in Berlin (15–19, March 2006).
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Liñán, F., Santos, F.J. Does Social Capital Affect Entrepreneurial Intentions?. Int Adv Econ Res 13, 443–453 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11294-007-9109-8
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