Much research suggests that social networks shape the emergence and development of
nascent ventures. Scholars have argued that founders' and firms' networks influence …

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 …

Abstract Since Hoang and Antoncic (2003), network based research in entrepreneurship
continues to develop and grow. To chart these developments, we discuss core relational …

The value of networks as an integral part of the explanation of entrepreneurial success is
widely acknowledged. However, the network perspective does not specify the role of …

Literature has long highlighted that entrepreneurs benefit from having the right network
connections. We observe, however, that although the large and growing literature on …

New businesses are founded when motivated entrepreneurs gain access to resources and
find niches in opportunity structures. Networking allows founding entrepreneurs to enlarge …

A critical challenge for entrepreneurship scholars is the need to develop a greater
understanding of (1) how, when and why entrepreneurial networks emerge, develop and …

The formation of new businesses can be conceptualized as a function of opportunity
structures and motivated entrepreneurs with access to resources. On the demand side …

Social networks of entrepreneurs are theorized as evolving from an idea generating stage,
to a business development stage, and finally to a strategic stage. A model of network …

The network success hypothesis assumes a positive relation between the networking
activities of founders and their start-up's success. The rationale behind this hypothesis is the …