The Effectiveness of Goal Setting and Accountability in Group-Based Entrepreneurship Initiatives in Creating Entrepreneurial Human Capital and Accelerating Business Growth

This paper explores the effectiveness of goal setting and accountability within group-based entrepreneurship initiatives in creating human capital. The study uses a randomized cluster trial to compare the experimental and control groups of entrepreneurs. The results suggest that frequent goal setting and accountability in group settings provides a greater number of learning experiences and human capital development opportunities available to entrepreneurs than those that did not engage in the same level of goal setting.

Policy implications 
"An experiential education intervention that utilizes goal setting and accountability within a peer group could develop entrepreneurial human capital and accelerate growth. "
Reference 
Haines, H. (2014). 'The Effectiveness of Goal Setting and Accountability in Group-Based Entrepreneurship Initiatives in Creating Entrepreneurial Human Capital and Accelerating Business Growth'. Available at SSNR.