Business Success Through Social Networks? A Comment on Social Networks and Business Success

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ID2805059
AuthorsHenrik Egbert (0000-0001-9801-4520, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume68
Issue3
Pages665-677
Publication date2009-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Economics and Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9246 • E-ISSN: 1536-7150
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1536-7150.2009.00643.x
OpenAlexW2011795464
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited20

In the literature on entrepreneurship in developing countries, the argument that social networks are an essential factor for entrepreneurial success has been given considerable attention. This article challenges this one-sided view by pointing out negative and restrictive effects of social networks on entrepreneurial success in particular, and on economic development in general. The article is structured as a comment on Kristiansen (2004), who worked on social networks and conducted field research in the city of Tanga, Tanzania, similar to the author, who had done the same two years previously. The findings from a six-month field research are used in order to articulate important aspects left out in Kristiansen's discussion

Argument (complex analysis) · Business · Business administration · Critical success factor · Entrepreneurship · Field (mathematics) · Order (exchange) · Political science · Public relations · Social entrepreneurship · Social network (sociolinguistics) · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Success factors · Tanzania · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Law · Marketing · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Social Capital and Networks

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