Do all roads lead to Rome? An investigation into social networks for entrepreneurs to acquire resources

Jinpei Wu; Shuyi Zhang; Christopher Neck

doi:10.1504/IJEBR.2016.078797

Do all roads lead to Rome? An investigation into social networks for entrepreneurs to acquire resources

Jinpei Wu, Shuyi Zhang, Christopher Neck

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Abstract

The closure argument and structural holes argument of networks theory have been favoured by different researchers. This paper attempts to combine them for entrepreneurs to seek resources necessary for new venture creation and new venture success. The authors categorise resources into 'complementary resources' and 'augmentary resources'. Both are necessary for new ventures, but each serves a different purpose. Moreover, closure arguments and structural holes provide resources in different manners.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	19-31
Number of pages	13
Journal	International Journal of Economics and Business Research
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEBR.2016.078797
State	Published - 2016

Keywords

Closure arguments
Entrepreneurs
Resources
Structural holes argument

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Business, Management and Accounting
Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)

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