Local Social Capital and Entrepreneurship

By Hans Westlund, R. Bolton. 2003

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation, Sociology and Political Science

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Sources of persistence in regional start-up rates--evidence from Sweden (2009, background): “Westlund and Bolton (2003) discuss the link between social capital and entrepreneurship.”
Industry structure, entrepreneurship, and culture: An empirical analysis using historical coalfields (2016, background): “…culture can vary substantially across regions of a country, even though there are country-wide uniform formal rules (e.g., Andersson and Koster, 2011; Aoyama, 2009; Beugelsdijk, 2007; Davidsson, 1995; Obschonka et al., 2013b; Saxenian, 1994; Westlund and Bolton, 2003; and Westlund et al., 2014).”
Business Networks and Economic Development in Rural Communities in the United States (2010, background): “The need for financial capital in venturing (including network formation) is well known and has been dealt with extensively in the literature (e.g., Cassar, 2004; Schumpeter, 1934; Shane & Cable, 2002; Westlund & Bolton, 2003).”
Social Capital and Economic Performance: A Meta-analysis of 65 Studies (2010, background): “Westlund and Bolton (2003) have shown that the homogeneity of social capital stands in converse ratio to the level of aggregation.”
Towards a process theory of entrepreneurial ecosystems (2018, background): “As with clusters, these networks have a local bias: the frequent interaction allowed by geographic proximity allows entrepreneurs and other actors to build up strong local networks that contain numerous ties that provide access to unique resources (Westlund and Bolton, 2003).”
Knowledge flow and inter-firm networks: The influence of network resources, spatial proximity and firm size (2010, background): “Westlund and Bolton ( 2003 ) present a persuasive case concerning some of the negative aspects of networks, arguing that the strong trust embedded in interpersonal relations can inhibit firm-level development.”
Entrepreneurial role models, fear of failure, and institutional approval of entrepreneurship: a tale of two regions (2016, background): “Similarly, Westlund and Bolton (2003) developed the concept of local social capital, which can either facilitate or inhibit entrepreneurial activities.”
Capital is not enough: opportunity entrepreneurship and formal institutions (2018, unknown): “2.3 The moderating role of economic institutions in social capital and entrepreneurship There is a large literature on the benefits of social capital4 for starting and managing new business ventures (Adler and Kwon 2002; Cope et al. 2007; Kim and Aldrich 2005; Westlund and Bolton 2003).”
The Long Persistence of Regional Levels of Entrepreneurship: Germany, 1925–2005 (2014, background): “Similarly, there are regional differences with respect to the prevalence of entrepreneurship-facilitating social capital represented, for instance, by networks aiming at stimulating new firms, and a vital local culture of venture capital financing (WESTLUND and BOLTON, 2003).”
Network Capital, Social Capital and Knowledge Flow: How the Nature of Inter-organizational Networks Impacts on Innovation (2012, background): “This highlights the placebased nature of social capital as a force influencing the connection of knowledge across organizations through the generation of localized trust by individuals (Westlund and Bolton, 2003; Capello and Faggian, 2005; Lorenzen, 2007; Rutten et al., 2010).”