This books provides a critical perspective on entrepreneurialism in the creative industries.
Split into three sections, the book first asks the contextual question; why, at this point in time …

viii Preface networks, and ecosystems) and remarks the limits that emerge when scholars
deal with the impetus of entrepreneurship, the purpose to achieve, and how decisions are …

It is widely recognized that networks provide access to resources necessary for founding a
new venture. However, they also come along with opportunity costs of time. We therefore …

Since the beginning of the 1970s there has been an increased focus on social networks in a
wide variety of organizational research. This has resulted in exponential growth of …

A central tenet in sociology holds that positions in social structure influence the attitudes,
behaviors, and outcomes of the actors occupying those positions. Though this proposition …

Any discourse on networking and entrepreneurship must be positioned in the ongoing
debate on each concept. Over the last decades network analysis has turned from a statistical …

The process of invention, innovation and diffusion of new technologies is a process that
unfolds within established economic structures, but at the same time changes them: a …

Research in entrepreneurial networking has mainly elucidated the processes of recognizing
various entrepreneurial opportunities. Studies on entrepreneurial networking have defined a …

Multiple Perspectives on Networks: Conceptual Development, Application and Integration in
an Entrepreneurial Context. The purpose of this thesis is to enhance cross-fertilization …

Network-based research in entrepreneurship is reviewed and critically examined in three
areas: content of network relationships, governance, and structure. Research on the impact …