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The Impact of Human Capital and Competencies on Startups Business Success: Literature Review

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This abstract gives an overview of the value of human capital in the Kingdom of Bahrain, with a focus on small and medium-sized firms (SMEs). It highlights the Bahraini government's measures to foster human capital development and entrepreneurship in the country, such as the PM Fellowship Program and the establishment of the SMEs Development Board. The abstract also delves into the concept of human capital and its significance in SME success, focusing on the link between entrepreneurial ability, human capital, and business performance. It also goes over the various components of entrepreneurial competence, such as opportunity competence, relational competence, organizing competence, conceptual competence, strategic capability competence, and entrepreneurial self-efficacy. The abstract closes by underlining the importance of good human resource management in SMEs in order to achieve company objectives and overcome problems in a constantly changing business environment.

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  1. Ahlia University, Manama, Bahrain

    Maryam Isa Aljazeeri & Allam Hamdan

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    Rim El Khoury

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    Nohade Nasrallah

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Aljazeeri, M.I., Hamdan, A. (2023). The Impact of Human Capital and Competencies on Startups Business Success: Literature Review. In: El Khoury, R., Nasrallah, N. (eds) Emerging Trends and Innovation in Business and Finance. Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6101-6_26

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