Modeling the relationship between networking and firm performance

By J. Watson. 2007

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Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation

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The Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility Practices and Environmental Factors through a Moderating Role of Social Media Marketing on Sustainable Performance of Firms’ Operating in Multan, Pakistan (2019, background): “Firms might benefit from social media applications through smartphones for marketing research activity, discounts, sales promotions, communication, informal employee learning, loyalty programs, relationship building, and organizational development [15,18,19].”
The effect of social media on firm performance (2017, unknown): “The majority of previous studies regarding networking approach emphasised on networking advantages for firms(Ladkin & Buhalis, 2016; Naudé et al., 2014; Trainor et al., 2014; Watson, 2007).”
The Effect of Gender Diversity on Angel Group Investment (2011, background): “The empirical evidence is generally consistent with social capital’s importance to entrepreneurial success (Davidsson & Honig, 2003; Shane & Cable, 2002; Watson, 2007; Zhang, Souitaris, Soh, & Wong, 2008).5 Social capital is likely more nuanced than simple binary connections.”
Types of innovation, sources of information and performance in entrepreneurial SMEs (2010, background): “by allowing them an access to intangible social assets embedded within the network (Watson, 2007).”
The moderating role of social ties on entrepreneurs' depressed affect and withdrawal intentions in response to economic stress (2012, background): “…performance (i.e., survival, innovation, financial performance; Dubini & Aldrich, 1991; Duchesneau & Gartner, 1990; Kilduff & Brass, 2010a, 2010b; Watson, 2007; Witt, 2004), the discovery of business opportunities (Singh, 2000; Zimmer & Aldrich, 1987), information acquisition (Aldrich & Zimmer,…”
Entrepreneurship and innovation in Ghana: enterprising Africa (2009, background): “However, various studies in network structures and firm performance (Granovetter 1983 ;B ru¨derl and Preisendo ¨rfer 1998; Burt 2000; Watson 2007 ) have shown that the structure of networks (in terms of strong or weak ties) could determine the impact of networks on firm performance.”
The Impact of Entrepreneurial Business Networks on Firms’ Performance Through a Mediating Role of Dynamic Capabilities (2019, background): “Aldrich (1994), Kregar (2014) and other scholars claimed that there was no significant positive relationship between entrepreneurial business networks and firms performance [39,40,55,56].”
Informal Entrepreneurship and Industry Conditions (2016, background): “Firm size: Because firm size can influence the resources available to the firm (Watson, 2007) and its visibility to monitoring/enforcement, we control for the number of workers in the firm including the owner, business partners, and paid and unpaid workers, excluding work-at-home employees.”