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Internet Entrepreneurship: Networks and Performance of Internet Ventures In China

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BAT BATJARGAL ()
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This article examines the contingent value of entrepreneurs' networks to survival likelihood of Internet ventures, and the dynamics of entrepreneurs' networks over time. The empirical data are composed of the longitudinal surveys of 94 Internet ventures in Beijing, China. The study found the positive and the negative contingent effects of structural holes on the survival likelihood of new firms. The study found that networking skills of entrepreneurs are associated positively with the changes in networks over time. Improved social skills lead to greater firm legitimacy.

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Paper provided by William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School in its series William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series with number wp753.

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Date of creation: 01 Feb 2005
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Keywords: Structural holes human capital Internet entrepreneurship China

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M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
D85 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Network Formation
L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation
L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
P27 - Economic Systems - - Socialist Systems and Transition Economies - - - Performance and Prospects

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