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Influence of mentors and role models on entrepreneurial performance

  • 1.  Influence of mentors and role models on entrepreneurial performance

    Posted 07-18-2011 16:18
    I was wondering if anyone can point me to some articles that deal with
    the contributions of mentorship or role models to the entrepreneurship
    process. While several papers using a variety of datasets and methods
    have found that knowing an entrepreneur or small business owner helps
    encourage nascent entrepreneurs, I have had more trouble finding any
    work looking at how entrepreneurial role models or mentors affect
    other entrepreneurial outcomes, such as profitability, growth, or
    survival.

    I'd be very grateful if anyone could point me towards research on this
    topic. Feel free to e-mail me any recommendations to
    ben.spigel@utoronto.ca and I'll send out a summary to the listserv in
    a few weeks time.

    Thanks,


    Ben Spigel
    PhD Candidate
    Department of Geography
    University of Toronto

    E: ben.spigel@utoronto.ca
    W: www.benspigel.com
    C: 416-278-9923

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