Measure the influence of human capital accumulated abroad

industry analysis

resource

general human capital

enterpreneur

phenomenology

• Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
  1.1- Introduction
  1.2- Rationale
  1.3- Aim of the Study
  1.4- Objectives
  1.5- Structure of the Dissertation
  Chapter 2: INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
  2.1- Entrepreneurship within the hospitality Industry
  2.2- Characterisation of the Portuguese tourism industry
  Chapter 3: LITERATURE REVIEW
  3.1- Introduction
  3.2- Resource-based Theory
  3.3- Human Capital Theory
  3.3.1- Specific Human Capital
  3.3.2- General Human Capital
  3.3.3- Dimension of the Human capital
  Proxy 1) Manager- Owner’s previous experience
  Proxy 2) Business owner’s skills obtained through formal education
  3.4- Entrepreneurship Research
  3.4.1-Background
  3.4.2- Economic theory
  3.4.3-Traits theory
  3.4.4-Entrepreneurial Orientation Perspective
  a) Entrepreneur Vs Innovation
  b) Entrepreneur Vs Risk-taking
  c) Entrepreneur Vs Proactivity
  d) Entrepreneur Vs Competitive Aggressiveness
  e) Entrepreneur Vs Autonomy
  3.5- Chapter Summary
  3.6- Main conclusions of the literature review
  Chapter 4: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
  4.1- Introduction
  4.2- Research Philosophy: Positivism Versus Phenomenological
  4.2.1-Positivist Philosophy
  4.2.2- Phenomenological Philosophy
  4.2.3-Research Approach: Inductive Versus Deductive
  4.4- Research strategy
  4.5- Time framework
  4.6- Data Collection method
  4.7- Secondary data
  4.8- Primary data
  4.9- Research Sample
  4.10- Interview process
  4.11- Limitations and Constrains
  4.12- Conclusion
  Chapter 5: PRIMARY RESEARCH FINDINGS
  Chapter 6: DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
  Chapter 7: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  Chapter 8: BIBLIOGRAPHY

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