Toby E. Stuart and Olav Sorenson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Much research suggests that social networks shape the emergence and development of nascent ventures. Scholars have argued that founders\u2019 and \ufb01rms\u2019 networks in\ufb02uence innovation and the identi\ufb01cation of entrepreneurial opportunities, as well as facilitate the mobilization of resources for growth and the harvesting of value from \ufb02edgling \ufb01rms. It is not an exaggeration to claim that existing empirical \ufb01ndings point to the centrality of networks in every aspect of the entrepreneurial process. However, with exceptions so few they may be counted on one hand, this research untenably treats network structures as exogenous\u2014in other words, as if entrepreneurs and enterprises do not pursue valuable connections. In this article, we review the literature on networks in entrepreneurial contexts, argue that it disproportionately focuses on the consequences of networks at the expense of research on their origins, and consider the implications for the literature of the fact that most entrepreneurs and young ventures are strategic in their formation of relations. We then articulate a research agenda composed of \ufb01ve areas of inquiry we consider critical to a better understanding of networks and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, 1 (2007): 211-227<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toby E. Stuart and Olav Sorenson Much research suggests that social networks shape the emergence and development of nascent ventures. Scholars have argued that founders\u2019 and \ufb01rms\u2019 networks in\ufb02uence innovation and the identi\ufb01cation of entrepreneurial opportunities, as well as facilitate the mobilization of resources for growth and the harvesting of value from \ufb02edgling \ufb01rms. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[48,54,27,29],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-13","tag-embeddedness","tag-endogenous-behavior","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-social-networks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olavsorenson.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olavsorenson.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olavsorenson.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olavsorenson.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olavsorenson.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.olavsorenson.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107,"href":"https:\/\/www.olavsorenson.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olavsorenson.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olavsorenson.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olavsorenson.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}