Although established academic literature and popular science paint a romantic picture of the
founding process of new firms by individual heroic entrepreneurs (eg, Schumpeter …

Although research has begun to acknowledge the strategies by which entrepreneurs form
and maintain network ties, most efforts to date present an incomplete picture of …

In the world of business, who you know is usually more important than what you know. While
most research highlights the personal characteristics and expertise important to business …

Despite the wide application of the network approach in Entrepreneurship and International
Entrepreneurship, previous research lacks understanding of entrepreneurial networking as …

Our study contributes a contextual perspective on entrepreneurs' networking, shifting focus
from individual-level network structure and networking activities toward understanding …

In recent years, network theory and social relations research has emerged as a popular
theme in explaining how entrepreneurs gain access to resources, obtain legitimacy and …

Although the literature addressing entrepreneurial networking is reaching a fairly high
degree of sophistication and scope, there are certain critical areas where important …

While recent work has considered network change, little is known about how certain factors
determine such changes. This study focuses on two factors–the type of obstacles …

Publisher Aalto University School of Economics Unit Department of Management and
International Business Series Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL …

This PhD thesis uses the lens of dynamic capability theory to explore how network
intermediaries can support firms and entrepreneurs in their search for new opportunities, in …