Data-Driven Decision Making in Entrepreneurship
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Data-Driven Decision Making in Entrepreneurship: Tools for Maximizing Human Capital

Data-Driven Decision Making in Entrepreneurship: Tools for Maximizing Human Capital


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Since the beginning of the 21st century, there has been an explosion in startup organizations. Together, these organizations have been valued at over $3 trillion. In 2019 alone, nearly $300 billion of venture capital was invested globally (Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2020). Simultaneously, an explosion in high volume and high velocity of big data is rapidly changing how organizations function. Gone are the days when organizations can make decisions solely on intuition, logic, or experience. Some have gone as far as to say that data is the most valuable currency and resource available to businesses, and startups are no exception. However, startups do differ from their larger counterparts and corporations in three distinct ways: 1) they tend to have fewer resources, time, and specialized training to devote to data analytics; 2) they are part of a unique entrepreneurial ecosystem with unique needs; 3) scholarship and academic research on human capital data analytics in startups is lacking. Existing entrepreneurship research is primarily conducted in business schools. There needs to be more integration of industrial-organizational psychology and entrepreneurship. This book was designed to do just that: to demonstrate how organizational psychology — with a focus on human capital data and analytics — can advance the science and practice of entrepreneurship. This book is purposefully designed to address the unique idiosyncrasies of the science, research, and practice of startups and the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Each chapter takes a science-practice perspective, highlighting a specific human capital management topic (e.g., learning and development, team effectiveness, human capital due diligence) and discusses how leveraging data can help enhance decision-making. The volume is grounded in sound theory and practice of organizational psychology, entrepreneurship, and management. It is divided into three parts: (1) human capital assessment and development for startups, (2) understanding startup situations, environments, and support systems, and (3) measuring startup-level performance.

Table of Contents:
Introduction. Work Analysis-based Job Descriptions: The Secret to Finding the Right Startup Talent at the Right Time. Identifying and Measuring Entrepreneurial Talent in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Professional Human Capital Development for Startup Founders and Workers. Selection and Training for Teamwork: Implications for Diverse, Virtual, and Human-Machine Teams. Human Capital Due Diligence: Leveraging Psychometric Testing for Wiser Investment Decisions. Opportunity or Threat? Entrepreneurs’ Well-Being and Performance in the Data-Driven Era. Using Data to Build More Diverse, Equitable, And Inclusive Startups. An Introduction to the Utilization and Application of Text Analysis. Promoting Well-Being and Innovation in Startups: The Role of the Social Environment. Understanding the Basics of Startup Development Organizations. Cultures of Evaluation: Leveraging Academia for Due Diligence in Angel Investments. More Than Money: Considering Nonfinancial Measures of Organizational Performance in Startups. Incentivizing Investors to Make Impactful Investments: Introducing a Model for Impact-Linked Carry. The Answer to Decreasing the Startup Failure Rate: Human Capital.

About the Author :
Dr. Nikki Blacksmith is Co-Founder and CEO of Blackhawke Behavior Science and an adjunct faculty member at American University in Washington, DC. She serves as a Senior Research Fellow at the U.S. Army Research Institute for Social and Behavioral Sciences and is on the Board of Directors of a Sembramos, a nonprofit dedicated to building antiracist organizations. She is an Associate Editor for the journal Personnel Assessments and Decisions, a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Business and Psychology, and serves in multiple leadership roles for the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology. Dr. Blacksmith received her M.A. from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and her Ph.D. from the George Washington University in Industrial-Organizational Psychology. Dr. Maureen E. McCusker is Co-Founder & COO of Blackhawke Behavior Science and Senior Research Analyst at Virginia Commonwealth University. As an Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, she has spent the last decade working with and studying leaders and teams in organizations from a wide variety of sectors, including corporate Fortune 500, medical, legal, academic, military, and non-profit. She has earned several awards and grants for scholarly research from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Virginia Tech, and the Department of Defense. Dr. McCusker serves as a Senior Research Fellow for the U.S. Army Research Institute. She holds a Ph.D. and a M.S. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Virginia Tech and a B.A. in Psychology and French from Georgetown University.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781040017630
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1040017630
  • Publisher Date: 02 Apr 2024
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Sub Title: Tools for Maximizing Human Capital


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