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Publication date: 4 June 2010

Natalia Weisz, Roberto S. Vassolo, Luiz Mesquita and Arnold C. Cooper

The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of team member diversity and internal social capital on project performance within the context of business plan competitions…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of team member diversity and internal social capital on project performance within the context of business plan competitions (BPCs).

Design/methodology/approach

The paper uses survey data on 95 nascent entrepreneurial teams enrolled in an open‐to‐the‐public BPCs. It assumes that higher levels of functional diversity as well as higher levels of internal social capital enhance the performance of nascent entrepreneurial teams in the crafting of their business plans (BPs).

Findings

Under this particular context, where the needs for information processing and decision‐making requirements are so high, teams having higher levels of functional diversity attained better performance. Inversely, teams with higher levels of internal social capital did not show a significant advantage in the development of the BP.

Research limitations/implications

Limitations are associated with the exclusion of external social capital measures and not considering demographic faultlines, which might have some impact on the results. Besides, this paper has the limitation of basing its analysis upon teams within a BP contest. Theoretical implications stress that under contexts maximizing the difference between potential upside gains and downside losses, team diversity is expected to play a larger role for BP effectiveness and success than team members' internal social capital.

Practical implications

Recognizing team prevalence and the impact of social dynamics amongst team members within entrepreneurial settings.

Originality/value

The paper contributes with the impact of social dynamic processes on nascent entrepreneurial teams.

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Management Research: Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management, vol. 8 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1536-5433

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Publication date: 4 June 2010

Rita Campos e Cunha

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Management Research: Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management, vol. 8 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1536-5433

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Publication date: 7 June 2011

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Management Research: Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management, vol. 9 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1536-5433

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Publication date: 1 February 2021

Natalia Kucirkova

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The Future of the Self: Understanding Personalization in Childhood and Beyond
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ISBN: 978-1-80043-945-0

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Publication date: 1 February 2021

Natalia Kucirkova

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The Future of the Self: Understanding Personalization in Childhood and Beyond
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ISBN: 978-1-80043-945-0

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