Does the degree of redundancy in social networks influence the success of business start-ups?

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 254-267

  Jenssen, Jan Inge ^a   Greve, Arent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; Networks; Redundancy; Start ups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031753     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552550210448357     Document Type: Article

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