Growth aspirations and social capital: Young firms in a post-conflict environment
研究了后冲突经济中年轻企业主和管理者的增长愿望如何受社会资本影响，包括讨论网络、制度信任、普遍信任和地方民族多元主义，并区分了雇佣经理与所有者经理的差异。
This article explores the growth aspirations of owners and managers of young firms in a post-conflict economy by focusing on social capital. It treats social capital as a multidimensional, multilevel phenomenon, studying the effects of discussion network characteristics, trust in institutions, generalised trust in people and local ethnic pluralism. We argue that in a post-conflict country, ethnic pluralism is indicative of local norms of tolerance towards experimentation and risk taking which support growth aspirations. It also distinguishes between the aspirations of hired managers and owners-managers. The empirical counterpart and hypotheses testing rely on survey evidence drawn from young businesses in Bosnia and Herzegovina.