Entrepreneurial resource acquisition via personal networks: An empirical study of German start-ups

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 953-971

  Witt, Peter ^a   Schroeter, Andreas ^a   Merz, Christin ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Costs of networking; Network dynamics; Networks; Social embeddedness; Start up success

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENTREPRENEUR; MODELING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 55949122979     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060701846846     Document Type: Article

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