...Fang Zhao; Llandis Barratt-Pugh; Peter Standen; Janice Redmond; Yuliani Suseno Purpose Drawing on social network and social capital literature, this study aims to explore how digital entrepreneurs utilize social networks to build their entrepreneurial capability, creating and developing business...

... Social capital Networking Start-up Ethnic minority Given this context, this research focusses on different ethnic minorities in Aberdeen, Scotland and on identifying the key driving factors that influenced them in starting-up their businesses. By doing so, this research contributes to our...

... and/or online forums to access advice or support from other owners (both those met in person and those not), with women and younger owners more likely to rely on such tools. Originality/value – This study shows that entrepreneurial research needs to consider peer advisors beyond local networks...

...Lisa Harris; Alan Rae; Ivan Misner Purpose This paper aims to draw upon the findings of a research project which investigated networking styles by owner/managers of small businesses. The authors' specific objective was to analyse the impact of such networking activities on business growth...

...Margaret Fletcher; Sharon Loane; Tuija Mainela; Elina Pernu; Vesa Puhakka Purpose The purpose of this research is to analyze the development of high‐tech international new ventures as an acting process by individuals in relationship networks. Design/methodology/approach The study cross...

... education and work experience for the development of their businesses. The attitudes and networking behaviour of business owners are also explored in order to assess the extent to which social capital facilitates the exchange of valuable knowledge and opportunities between rural businesses. Findings...

...Jun Li; Zongling Xu; Jiali Lin; Danming Lin Purpose This paper aims to investigate structural characteristics of a business network comprising small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), and to explore the relationships between such network characteristics and innovative capabilities...

... Visionary entrepreneurs are genuine entrepreneurs and they work in teams within the company and also have a network around their business. The team‐oriented way of working develops their business as well as society. The dynamic process that supports the team is both stable and flexible and through openness...

...‐led approach to the provision of MSME business development services will not be successful if it ignores the way that western “institutionalism” dictates the supply offer. Practical implications It is argued that the model of entrepreneurial networking and relationships demands a fundamental...

...Joakim Wincent Purpose To develop and empirically test a framework on how firm size can matter for firm behavior and performance in strategic networks of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SME networks). Design/methodology/approach Empirical study based on statistical analysis of standardized...

... rich network of individuals who also happen to be in firms”. This allusion to a rather unstructured kind of work organisation leads on to a consideration of one of this paper's key questions – who is or isn't part of the “team”? Does collective activity with the bank manager, for example, fit...

...Denise Fletcher This paper discusses how a small business experiences professional management by examining the relationship between organisational networking and cultural organising in the workplace. A network perspective is presented in order to evaluate the ways in which workplace relations...

... to decrease dependence on public funding by generating additional business income. Emergent strategies, networking, telecommunications and building partnerships with both private and public organisations allowed some centres to expand and to move from total reliance on public funding to a mix of private...

...Akin Fadahunsi; David Smallbone; Salinder Supri This paper is concerned with the role of networking in the development of ethnic minority enterprises, using empirical data drawn from a wider study of 82 ethnic minority businesses in North London. The paper uses a broadly based definition...

... to bring people together in order to encourage networking, and this paper seeks to explore the process of facilitating an enterprise culture by examining the collaboration and partnership roles played by a LEC and a university in initiatives which foster enterprise. The relationship of the researchers...

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