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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - What ties resources to entrepreneurs? - Activating social capital
AU - Strobl, Andreas
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The access to information and other resources is of major importance for entrepreneurial ventures. In order to start up a business an entrepreneur needs to provide financial capital, abilities and know-how as well as social resources. The strength of ties of a network actor influences the access to missing resources. The relationship between different tie categories has not been clarified satisfactorily yet. The research at hand seeks to investigate which ties are of strategic importance and how entrepreneurs secure resource access. The entrepreneur’s perception of the network is at the centre of interest making a qualitative approach appropriate. Therefore, entrepreneurs have been investigated using an interview guideline containing open questions. The findings of this work emphasise the interaction of weak and strong ties. Commonalities between actors, trust and tie duration enhance resource access and activation of indirect ties.
AB - The access to information and other resources is of major importance for entrepreneurial ventures. In order to start up a business an entrepreneur needs to provide financial capital, abilities and know-how as well as social resources. The strength of ties of a network actor influences the access to missing resources. The relationship between different tie categories has not been clarified satisfactorily yet. The research at hand seeks to investigate which ties are of strategic importance and how entrepreneurs secure resource access. The entrepreneur’s perception of the network is at the centre of interest making a qualitative approach appropriate. Therefore, entrepreneurs have been investigated using an interview guideline containing open questions. The findings of this work emphasise the interaction of weak and strong ties. Commonalities between actors, trust and tie duration enhance resource access and activation of indirect ties.
KW - entrepreneurial networks
KW - social capital
KW - tie management
KW - resource access
KW - strong and weak ties
U2 - 10.1504/ijev.2014.062749
DO - 10.1504/ijev.2014.062749
M3 - Journal article
VL - 6
SP - 140
EP - 161
JO - International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing
JF - International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing
SN - 1742-5360
IS - 2
ER -