Entrepreneurial Process and Social Networks

Entrepreneurial Process and Social Networks

A Dynamic Perspective

Jack, Sarah L.; Fayolle, Alain; Chabaud, Didier; Lamine, Wadid

Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

07/2016

384

Dura

Inglês

9781785364877

15 a 20 dias

Entrepreneurship is undoubtedly a social process and creating a firm requires both the mobilization of social networks and the use of social capital. It will also prove a useful tool in aiding entrepreneurs to optimize the development of their networks and better manage their entrepreneurial processes.
Contents: Introduction Alain Fayolle, Sarah Jack, Wadid Lamine and Didier Chabaud PART I THE EVOLUTION OF NETWORKS ACROSS ENTREPRENEURIAL STAGES 1. Entrepreneurial Network Composition and the Venture Creation Process: An Empirical Investigation Tammi C. Redd, Michael A. Abebe and Sibin Wu 2. Dynamic Social Networks of Entrepreneurs: Five Years of Change in the Networks of Dutch Entrepreneurs Marianne de Beer, Gerald Mollenhorst and Veronique A.J.M. Schutjens 3. Entrepreneur's Social Networks and Formation of Business Opportunities: An Exploratory Study Didier Chabaud and Joseph Ngijol 4. Start-ups Repositioning in Business Networks Lise Aaboen and Frida Lind PART II FORMAL NETWORKS: A NEW RESEARCH AGENDA? 5. Business and Professional Networks: Scope and Outcomes in Oxfordshire Helen Lawton-Smith and Saverio Romeo 6. Women Entrepreneurs and the Process of Networking as Social Exchange Claire M. Leitch, Richard T. Harrison and Frances M. Hill 7. Cooperation vs. Coordination Relations in SME's Network: A New View of Collective Strategy Dynamics Christophe Leyronas and Stephanie Loup PART III CONTEXT: A BENIGN NEGLECT? 8. The Competitiveness of Entrepreneurial Firms from a Network Perspective Christian Lechner 9. The Role of Family Members In Entrepreneurial Networks: Beyond the Boundaries of the Family Firm Alistair R. Anderson, Sarah L. Jack and Sarah Drakopoulou Dodd 10. Social Network Structures of Nascent Entrepreneurs: An Exploratory Study of Advisor Networks in MENA Countries Sarfraz A. Mian and Shahid Qureshi 11. Ubuntu in Family Businesses: A Case in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Albert B.R. Lwango PART IV DEBATES AND PERSPECTIVES: THEORETICAL CHALLENGES 12. Entrepreneurial Mingling Secrets: Investigating the Performance Impact of Network Structure for Control-based Entrepreneurship using Agent-based Simulation Willem Jansen, Rene Mauer and Malte Brettel 13. Actor- Network Theory and the Entrepreneurial Process Wadid Lamine, Alain Fayolle and Hela Chebbi Index
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