The global economy involves enormous internationalization activities that provide untapped opportunities for entrepreneurs and businesses. This study sets out to improve the understanding of the role of the home country human capital on entrepreneurial internationalization. To advance this understanding, we conducted an analysis of data from 28 European countries using structural equation modeling (SEM) with partial least squares (PLS). The result of an empirical analysis revealed that the entrepreneurial intentions of the country’s non-entrepreneurs has a positive and significant impact on effective business creation and the latter consequently has a positive and significant impact on the level of internationalization. Also, our findings indicate that the level of education has a negative impact on entrepreneurial readiness/awareness.

全球经济涉及大量的国际化活动，这些活动为企业家和企业提供了未开发的机会。这项研究旨在增进对本国人力资本在企业家国际化中的作用的理解。为了增进这种了解，我们使用具有偏最小二乘（PLS）的结构方程模型（SEM）对来自28个欧洲国家的数据进行了分析。实证分析的结果表明，该国非企业家的创业意图对有效的业务创造产生了积极而重大的影响，因此后者对国际化水平也产生了积极而重大的影响。同样，我们的研究结果表明，教育水平对创业准备程度/意识有负面影响。