Does social proximity enhance business partnerships? theory and evidence from ethnicity's role in U.S. venture capital

Management Science

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2355-2380

  Hegde, Deepak ^a   Tumlinson, Justin ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Homophily; Social capital; Social networks; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; HOMOPHILY; INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS; REGRESSION ESTIMATES; SOCIAL CAPITALS; VENTURE CAPITAL; VENTURE CAPITALISTS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84907386142     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2013.1878     Document Type: Article

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