Human Capital Endowments

Human Capital Endowments

The acquisition of human capital can help the woman entrepreneur to break out of the cultural stereotype dictated by her community.In the absence of significant human capital endowments,social capital, arising from the entrepreneur?s network of social contacts, becomes a more important factor in influencing business entry and performance.If the opportunities for interacting with the outside non-ethnic community remain limited, the entrepreneur may not be able to compete in the mainstream market and may continue to operate a small business.