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TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of materially heterogeneous entities in the entrepreneurial network
AU - Lamine, Wadid
AU - Fayolle, Alain
AU - Jack, Sarah Louise
AU - Byrne, Janice
N1 - This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Industrial Marketing Management. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Industrial Marketing Management, 80, 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2017.12.004
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - Few researchers have examined empirically the dynamics of human-non-human networking and its importance for strategic outcomes, particularly in the field of entrepreneurship. In this paper, we use Actor-Network Theory to observe and investigate the role of materially heterogeneous entities in the entrepreneurial network. Building on the results of a four-year, multi-case study, this paper describes how an entrepreneurial network, beyond its social nature, is also a socio-material constellation. The symmetric treatment of human and non-human actors enables us to move away from the figure of the heroic entrepreneur. Our findings reveal various roles that the heterogeneity of actor-networks can play in the entrepreneurial process. We see on the one hand their power to attract and recruit new allies when they are aligned with the entrepreneur's vision, and on the other their ability to repel and block the new venture creation process when they fail to effectively translate what the entrepreneur has in mind.
AB - Few researchers have examined empirically the dynamics of human-non-human networking and its importance for strategic outcomes, particularly in the field of entrepreneurship. In this paper, we use Actor-Network Theory to observe and investigate the role of materially heterogeneous entities in the entrepreneurial network. Building on the results of a four-year, multi-case study, this paper describes how an entrepreneurial network, beyond its social nature, is also a socio-material constellation. The symmetric treatment of human and non-human actors enables us to move away from the figure of the heroic entrepreneur. Our findings reveal various roles that the heterogeneity of actor-networks can play in the entrepreneurial process. We see on the one hand their power to attract and recruit new allies when they are aligned with the entrepreneur's vision, and on the other their ability to repel and block the new venture creation process when they fail to effectively translate what the entrepreneur has in mind.
KW - New venture
KW - actant
KW - Social Networking
KW - Actor network Theory
U2 - 10.1016/j.indmarman.2017.12.004
DO - 10.1016/j.indmarman.2017.12.004
M3 - Journal article
VL - 80
SP - 99
EP - 114
JO - Industrial Marketing Management
JF - Industrial Marketing Management
SN - 0019-8501
ER -