Entrepreneurial Social Capital

By Alistair R. Anderson, John Park, Sarah L. Jack. 2007

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Although the literature on social capital has increased dramatically in recent years, concerns have been raised about the expanse of applications of the term, diversity of constructs, definitions and variety of analyses. The purpose of this article is to clarify the conceptualization of social capital in entrepreneurship.To achieve this, the article begins with a review of the extensive literature on social capital.This provides a preliminary theoretical framework about the nature and categories of social capital. Thereafter, an account is provided of an empirical study in which in-depth and extensive data were gathered about the social interactions of entrepreneurs from 10 technology firms. Findings demonstrate that social capital is a social relational artefact produced in social interactions. It is not owned but represents a pool of goodwill residing in a social network and it can be envisaged as a revolving mutual fund of traded and un-traded interdependencies.

Subfields: Communication, Management of Technology and Innovation, Sociology and Political Science

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Born to be alive? The survival of innovative and non-innovative French micro-start-ups (2014, background): “The notion of social capital (Anderson et al. , 2007) leads to a better understanding of the effect from being part of a network. Thereby the networking capital plays an important positive role in enterprise development and survival, especially when being a member of an informal network (Hormiga et ”
The role of intellectual resources, product innovation capability, reputational resources and marketing capability combinations in firm growth (2014, background): “The importance of social capital is acknowledged (Anderson et al., 2007; Gao et al., 2013; Lee and Jones, 2008; Ramos-Rodriguez et al., 2010; Totterman and Sten, 2005; Wincent et al., 2013).”
From social capital to entrepreneurial orientation: The mediating role of dynamic capabilities (2017, background): “Anderson et al. (2007) suggest that SC is essential in the entrepreneurship process.”
Enacting entrepreneurship as social value creation (2011, background): “…and Anderson 2002; Jack et al., 2008) have challenged the idea of the solitary entrepreneur (Dodd and Anderson, 2007) and how social capital is seen to play a contributory role (Anderson et al., 2007; Anderson and Jack, 2002; Bowey and Easton, 2007; Casson and Giusta, 2007; Lee and Jones, 2008).”
Researching small firms and entrepreneurship: Past, present and future (2009, unknown): “We identify such areas as social capital (Anderson et al. 2007; Cope et al. 2007), Table 2.”
A study of a university-led entrepreneurship education programme for small business owner/managers (2012, unknown): “Jack 2005 ; Anderson, Park, and Jack 2007 ; Jack, Drakopoulou Dodd, and Anderson 2008 ; Jack et al.”
All you need is trust? A critical review of the trust and entrepreneurship literature (2012, background): “Trust is believed to support network relations (Anderson et al., 2007; Jack et al., 2004; Kim and Aldrich, 2005), while network contacts play a role in recognising and constructing opportunities (Jack and Anderson, 2002), fostering business creation (Johannisson, 1988), mobilising complementary…”