Entrepreneurial Education: The Effect of Entrepreneurial Political Skill on Social Network, Tacit Knowledge, and Innovation Capability

Kai-Ping Huang

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2017.00982a

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Kai-Ping Huang ¹ ^*

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¹ Department of Business Administration, Social Enterprise Research Center, Fu Jen Catholic University, TAIWAN
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the role of political skills in entrepreneurship education and the impact of social network, tacit knowledge, and innovation constructs. This study sought to investigate the conceptual relationship between political skills and tacit knowledge, social network and tacit knowledge, as well as innovation and tacit knowledge. The existence of the three construct and their effect on entrepreneur skill has been reviewed and discussed. This has been corroborated across studies that sought to establish the role of social networks, tacit knowledge, and innovation in influencing entrepreneurship. The performance of enterprise has closely being linked on the ability of individuals to take advantage of the social network and the individual as well as collective tacit knowledge to understand the business environment and come up with practical skills to counter the potential entrepreneurship risks. This study also addresses the impact of tacit knowledge on innovation. Tacit knowledge has both negative and positive effects on innovation, emanating from the transferability of innovations across individuals and firms.

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political skill
social networks
tacit knowledge
innovation

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, 2017 - Volume 13 Issue 8, pp. 5061-5072

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Huang, K.-P. (2017). Entrepreneurial Education: The Effect of Entrepreneurial Political Skill on Social Network, Tacit Knowledge, and Innovation Capability. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(8), 5061-5072. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00982a

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Huang KP. Entrepreneurial Education: The Effect of Entrepreneurial Political Skill on Social Network, Tacit Knowledge, and Innovation Capability. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(8):5061-72. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00982a

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Huang KP. Entrepreneurial Education: The Effect of Entrepreneurial Political Skill on Social Network, Tacit Knowledge, and Innovation Capability. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(8), 5061-5072. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00982a

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Huang, Kai-Ping. "Entrepreneurial Education: The Effect of Entrepreneurial Political Skill on Social Network, Tacit Knowledge, and Innovation Capability". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2017 13 no. 8 (2017): 5061-5072. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00982a

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Huang, K.-P. (2017). Entrepreneurial Education: The Effect of Entrepreneurial Political Skill on Social Network, Tacit Knowledge, and Innovation Capability. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(8), pp. 5061-5072. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00982a

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Huang, Kai-Ping "Entrepreneurial Education: The Effect of Entrepreneurial Political Skill on Social Network, Tacit Knowledge, and Innovation Capability". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 13, no. 8, 2017, pp. 5061-5072. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00982a