... broadly and the entrepreneurial judgment perspective specifically to develop a model of the recognition and development of IBOs by considering three theoretically important sets of drivers – social networks, international experience and a proactive mindset. We use a sample of 92 small- and medium-sized...

...Kjersti Kjos Longva Purpose The purpose of the paper is to provide insight into how students navigate entrepreneurial ecosystems and make use of social networks as they create their own ventures. Such ecosystems for students are an understudied phenomenon and there is a need for more profound...

... (experiential knowledge and social networks) impact on entrepreneurs' capabilities to exploit new market opportunities. Design/methodology/approach The paper employs a case study approach to investigate five cases of entrepreneurs driving technology-based businesses in Brazil. Effectuation theory is used...

... of new businesses. Social networks become a link which could affect EO (Mitchell et al., 2002). According to Jack and Mauzas (2007) , social networks give a link to the entrepreneur in the making for future opportunities for entrepreneurship. In a study done by Ellison et al. (2007...

...Sarah Jack; Professor Mary Rose; Marzia Mortati; Leon Cruickshank Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address social network theory from the perspective of design research and propose a new conceptual approach to understanding and developing social networks. These ideas are embodied in a new...

... Network quality Gender Northern Ireland Entrepreneurialism Social networks The entrepreneurial potential of women has been acknowledged as governments seek to accelerate economic grow and to attract more women towards new venturing (Singh and Belwal, 2008 ; Butler, 2003). Recent UK figures...

... and within social networks (Burt, 1992a, b); the relationships individuals have with others, within and beyond the firm, and collectively the social capital of people represents the social capital of organizations (Burt, 1992a). So, social capital is an important aspect of networks but its production relies...

... entrepreneurship (Hoang and Antoncic, 2003 ; O'Donnell et al., 2001 ; Neergaard et al. 2005 ; Kim and Aldrich, 2005). Although empirical evidence has proven the value of viewing entrepreneurs as embedded in social contexts and thus confirmed the importance of social networks, empirical data...

... on revenues. International trade Brand extensions Social networks Localization The network approach draws on theories of social exchange and resource dependency, focusing on firm behaviour in the context of inter‐firm links. Whereas Johanson and Vahlne (1992) suggest that it differs from...