Title

How Entrepreneurs Use Networks To Address Changing Resource Requirements During Early Venture Development

Abstract

Access to resources is a key challenge facing entrepreneurs during early venture development. Entrepreneurs' networks serve as a principal means of identifying and acquiring needed resources. However, different stages of venture development may address different resource dependencies, suggesting entrepreneurs' networks may need to change to meet changing resource requirements. By employing network theory and resource-dependence theory, we investigate how entrepreneurs may use networks to address changing resource needs during early venture development. Results illustrate how structural characteristics of entrepreneurs' networks at venture launch are associated with network structure and content in early venture development in ways that may promote access to newly needed resources. © 2013 Baylor University.

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Publication Title

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volume

38

Issue

3

Number of Pages

551-574

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/etap.12009

Socpus ID

84898026208 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84898026208

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