...Jalleh Sharafizad; Alan Coetzer Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how women small business owners’ (SBOs) business start-up motivations influence their network content. Design/methodology/approach – Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 women SBOs who were...

...Andrea Furlan; Roberto Grandinetti Purpose – Literature on spin-offs still lacks a thorough understanding of the forces governing spin-off performance. The purpose of this paper is to fill this gap by taking a network perspective. Design/methodology/approach – The paper combines...

... and Lusch, 2004 ; Lusch et al., 2007). In their view service development includes both resources and skills from both customers and service providers, and the success will greatly depend on how such sets of resources are configured and combined in a new way. By participating in networks that have...