Entrepreneurial social capital: Conceptualizing social capital in new high-tech firms

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-272

  Anderson, Alistair ^a   Park, John ^a   Jack, Sarah ^b  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptualizing social capital; Entrepreneurship; Social capital; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249107312     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242607076526     Document Type: Article

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