Measurement of an individual entrepreneur’s social capital: a multidimensional model

Fornoni, Mariel; Arribas, Iván; Vila, José

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“…Social networks facilitate economic activity that encourages entrepreneurial efficiency and increases business opportunities (Fornoni et al 2011). They represent a network of people with whom an acting or potential entrepreneur interacts regardless of his or her business activity (Hansen 1995).…”

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Nascent Women Entrepreneurs and the Influence of Social Networks on Small Business Outcomes

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2019

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Nascent entrepreneurs must leverage valuable resources, including human, financial, intellectual, and social capital in order to increase the likelihood of success. With the rise of networking technologies such as LinkedIn, Biznik, Cofoundr, and Facebook, social network analysis, long utilized as a method for organizational analysis, has taken center stage in popular understanding of entrepreneurial success. The composition and quality of social networks, however, varies among male and female entrepreneurs and can have a direct impact upon the business outcomes for each. Using PSED data, this research investigates the gendered differences and structural disparities in the networks of early entrepreneurs.

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2019

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“…The possibilities for using knowledge resources held by individual firms can be multiplied in accordance with the social capital approach (Tsai and Ghoshal 1998) thanks to: the presence of specialized firms (engaged in different stages of the value chain), access to all knowledge disseminated in the network, and social interaction among partners within the network (Fuentes et al 2010;Fornoni et al 2011). These elements constitute the structural dimension of social capital (Nonaka 1994;Rullani 2011).…”

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Contractual networks: an organizational model to reduce the competitive disadvantage of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Europe’s less developed regions. A survey in southern Italy

2019

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Limitations faced by southern Italy's small enterprises due to their dimensions may be overcome by cooperation strategies and network contracts. The international literature has highlighted that effectively governed business networks appear to more successfully allow partner firms to improve their economic performance and survive over time. This paper combines qualitative and quantitative analyses to test the above hypothesis. It also analyses the performance of southern Italian firms that have joined business network contracts equipped with legal personalitythe so called "reti soggetto" or "heavy contractual networks" (HCNs)compared to firms participating in business networks based only on contractual agreements, devoid of legal personality-the so called "reti contratto" or "light contractual networks" (LCNs). Our findings demonstrate that only 13% of all registered business networks are in fact operative. Among the networks with legal personality, approximately 28% are active networks. A similar trend was observed for network contracts devoid legal personality: only 11% are truly active. Performance measures (including profitability, financial situation indicators, and debt sustainability) also differ for firms belonging to HCN, compared to those belonging to LCN, in the years following the subscription of the network contract. Empirical analysis suggests that HCNs have significant positive effects on the performance of participant firms. We thus propose to verify the conditions that strengthen business networks in the south of Italy. We also recommend promoting the establishment of

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“…This paper demonstrates how an entrepreneur's social capital has an impact on the performance of entrepreneurial starts-ups related to financial services. Deepening in the multidimensional approach to social capital presented in Fornoni, Arribas, and Vila (2011), the authors conclude that only some specific configurations of social capital are able to enhance the performance of the new company. Specifically, they show that the effective social capital is characterized by the existence of a small number of high-quality links between the entrepreneur and other key socio-economic agents.…”

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Measurement of an individual entrepreneur’s social capital: a multidimensional model

Cited by 23 publications

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Nascent Women Entrepreneurs and the Influence of Social Networks on Small Business Outcomes

Nascent Women Entrepreneurs and the Influence of Social Networks on Small Business Outcomes

Contractual networks: an organizational model to reduce the competitive disadvantage of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Europe’s less developed regions. A survey in southern Italy

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