Entrepreneurial organizations and human capital
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Kim, J. Daniel(Jisoo Daniel)
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Sloan School of Management.
Advisor
Pierre Azoulay.
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This dissertation investigates how human capital shapes both the creation a nd performance of entrepreneurial organizations. In three essays, I study the intricate linkage between startups and the individuals that embody them - which include not only the founders, but also the non-founding joiners. In the first essay, my co-authors and I empirically assess the popular view that the most successful entrepreneurs tend to be young. Second, I investigate the types of individuals that choose to work for startups rather than established firms, and the resulting wage differential between the two employer types. Third, I study the effectiveness of high-tech startup acquisitions as a hiring strategy for incumbent firms - commonly known as "acqui-hiring."
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Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, February, 2020 Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references.
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2020Department
Sloan School of ManagementPublisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Sloan School of Management.