How social and human capital influence opportunity recognition and resource mobilization in India's handloom industry

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-260

  Bhagavatula, Suresh ^a,b   Elfring, Tom ^d   van Tilburg, Aad ^c   van de Bunt, Gerhard G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VU University   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Craft industry; Entrepreneurship; Handloom industry; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949875504     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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