Social capital of entrepreneurs and small firm performance: A meta-analysis of contextual and methodological moderators

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 152-173

  Stam, Wouter ^a   Arzlanian, Souren ^b   Elfring, Tom ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Networks; Small firm performance; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887203868     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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