| To give to know her work, so some of her clients did not have too much uncertainty to invest in her company | Lopes et al., 2009 | ||
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| To get higher-status partnership | Lopes et al., 2009 | |
| · To establish alliances and partnerships with larger and higher status firms. |
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| Functional/specific competence: To control knowledge and skills related to a specific task and competence to develop the best possible it [14] [43] [44] (19 articles) | |||
| To possess competence (capable to act properly and with a good result while solving problems in a complex, real-life environment) | Bowey and Easton, 2007 [58] ; Sengupta, 2011; Howorth and Moro, 2012 | ||
| · To be very good at doing his job and to evidence the quality of your work | Jack and Anderson, 2002 [59] ; Howorth and Moro, 2006; Lopes et al., 2009; Howorth and Moro, 2012 | ||
| · To possess extensive capabilities | Lopes et al., 2009 | ||
| · To demonstrate she is able to respond to client’s needs · To satisfy the client at the moment and exchange the material immediately | Lopes et al., 2009 | ||
| · To hand-on solving problem instead of hand-off market contracting approach | Nguyen and Rose, 2009 | ||
| · To work harder—“to meet expectations” | Curtis et al., 2010 | ||
| · To be able to deliver what she considered his customers wanted—cheaper quality products | Holt and Macpherson, 2010 [60] | ||
| · To show clarity and efficiency of activity through new buildings, machines and systems | Holt and Macpherson, 2010 | ||
| · To have ability to perform well a task | De Clercq and Sapienza, 2006 [61] Bergh et al., 2011 | ||
| · To give input, accurate feedback and advice during presentations and discussions | Bergh et al., 2011 | ||
| · To know very well their (entrepreneur team’s member) capabilities · To do things right | Discua et al., 2013 | ||
| · To have personal and professional background | Scarbrough et al., 2013 | ||
| · To display relevant technical and/or business ability | Maxwell and Lévesque, 2014 | ||
| To have knowledge (to recall facts, concepts, principles and procedures within certain domains) | |||
| · To have a very good formal education (secondary and university levels) | Jenssen and Kristiansen, 2004; Payne et al., 2009 | ||
| · To master good English language communication skills · To use language effectively | Altinay, 2008 [62] | ||
| · To be intellect | Payne et al., 2009 | ||
| · To possess specific knowledge and business | Bergh et al., 2011 | ||
| · To possess extensive knowledge of the product | Jones and Rowley, 2011 [63] | ||
| · To show what she knows and she has dedicated to study (e.g. knowledge) · To have a good faith on the entrepreneur team members’ knowledge · To be good in something (e.g. negotiation) | Discua et al., 2013 | ||