Entrepreneurial network development: Trusting in the process

Smith, Delmonize A.; Lohrke, Franz T.

doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2007.06.018

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“…This result implies that firms invest in strengthening their relationships in the first period, but gradually new ones may become weaker, being more arms-length or market-like than socially embedded. These results are in keeping with studies on entrepreneurship network development which argue that once entrepreneurs have started a new business they tend to increase the limited network that was based around family and friends, forming new exchange relationships based on increasingly weak social relationships (Larson and Starr, 1993;Smith and Lohrke, 2008). Also, several studies have pointed out that firms may prefer to be isolated rather than keeping local relationships as a way to protect their internal resources and knowledge (Morrison and Rabellotti, 2009).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

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From incubation to maturity inside parks: the evolution of local knowledge networks

Díez‐Vial

Montoro‐Sánchez

2017

IJTM

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This paper analyses the effect of the evolution of local knowledge networks on the innovative capacity of firms co-located. Using a network dynamic approach, this paper argues that the length of time that firms spend in a science park affects their local knowledge network. By the identification of three stages of local development-incubation, growth and maturity-, this study provides new insights about the role of science parks in both increasing their innovative capacity and promoting the exchange of knowledge among co-located firms. In this sense, science parks have been increasingly considered as a nurturing environment for business start-ups and lead to the development of growth-oriented firms, not being a consensus about how the length of time the firm spends in the park may affect these benefits.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

“…So it is expected that once the firm has started its new business and is installed in the park it will need local networks to improve its products (Larson and Starr, 1993;Smith and Lohrke, 2008). As firms spend more time in the park, they also get older, so these variables are correlated.…”

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confidence: 99%

From incubation to maturity inside parks: the evolution of local knowledge networks

Díez‐Vial

Montoro‐Sánchez

2017

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“…Also, entrepreneurship scholars have investigated and confirmed the relevance of networking activities (Birley, 1985;Aldrich & Zimmer, 1986;Johannisson, 1986Johannisson, , 1988Starr & MacMillan, 1990). In the field of entrepreneurial studies, scholars studied the involvement of relatives, friends or previous employers in networks (Greve, 1995;Greve & Salaff, 2003) due to the effect of their trusting relationships (Johannisson, 1988;Larson & Starr, 1993; Greve, 1995;Smith & Lohrke, 2008).…”

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Grey vs. Young Entrepreneurs: Are They Really That Different in Terms of Entrepreneurial Intentions? Empirical Evidence from Italy

Matricano¹

2018

IJBM

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In the past, entrepreneurship was considered a young person's endeavour, since it was a working choice made after graduation. Social and demographic changes occurring over the last decades have totally modified that assumption so that entrepreneurship is now a phenomenon involving third age people (aged 55 or older) as well. Scholars have started investigating the differences between young and grey entrepreneurs. This topic of research has always been considered halfway between psychological and social studies on the one hand and entrepreneurial studies on the other. Without denying the relevance that psychological and social studies have in the field of entrepreneurship, in the present paper the phenomenon of grey entrepreneurship is only investigated according to an entrepreneurial perspective. Thus, predictors of entrepreneurial intentions are only rooted in entrepreneurial literature and refer to intellectual capital. The results, based on data retrieved from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) website for Italy in 2013, indicate that grey and young entrepreneurs are not that different regarding intellectual capital affecting their entrepreneurial intentions. This result enriches previous literature about grey entrepreneurs.

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“…The idea of groups seeking to both develop and take advantage of, and also act upon, similar opportunities in a holistic manner is not presently viewed as being entrepreneurial from the traditional viewpoint. By adopting this change, it would provide an opportunity to move the debate away from the individual, toward a more collective ideal, where the theory of network development and skills gaps can be debated to examine how localized networks operate on a system of knowledge transfer and trust (Smith and Lohrke, 2008). Beaver (2003) gives evidence that many SMEs operate within localized markets, which have a well-established and ordered customer base, but have no influence over their specific sector.…”

Section: Rural Enterprise -Elements Of Theorymentioning

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Entrepreneurial Characteristics in SMEs: A Rural and Remote Rural Perspective of Lincolnshire Businesses, Part 2

Blanchard

2015

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Entrepreneurial network development: Trusting in the process

Cited by 170 publications

References 57 publications

From incubation to maturity inside parks: the evolution of local knowledge networks

From incubation to maturity inside parks: the evolution of local knowledge networks

Grey vs. Young Entrepreneurs: Are They Really That Different in Terms of Entrepreneurial Intentions? Empirical Evidence from Italy

Entrepreneurial Characteristics in SMEs: A Rural and Remote Rural Perspective of Lincolnshire Businesses, Part 2

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