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With a little help from my friends
Haring, M.J.
2019
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Haring, M. J. (2019). With a little help from my friends: A study of the development of social networks of student entrepreneurs over time during and after a venture creation program.
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Contents
Acknowledgements ... 6
Chapter 1 Introduction ... 11
1.1 Introduction ... 11
1.2 Social networks and student entrepreneurs ... 12
1.3 Research problem and questions ... 15
1.4 Research Contributions ... 22
1.5 Research approach ... 24
1.6 Chapter overview ... 25
1.7 Related publications, papers in conference proceedings ... 28
Chapter 2 The influence of support from a network with structural holes on the performance of student start-ups ... 29 Abstract ... 29 2.1 Introduction ... 30 2.1 Context ... 31 2.2 Design ... 33 2.3 Variables ... 34 2.4 Results ... 38
2.5 Conclusion, discussion and recommendations ... 42
Chapter 3 The development of student entrepreneurs' social network over time ... 45
Abstract ... 45
3.1. Introduction ... 45
3.2 Developing a social network ... 48
3.2.1 Access to information ... 49
3.2.2 Brokerage ... 50
3.2.3 Status ... 50
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3.3 Context and methodology ... 51
3.3.1 Interviews ... 54
3.3.2 Short description of the seven companies that survived ... 55
3.4 Analysing the cases ... 59
3.4.1 Strong versus weak ties ... 62
3.4.2 Information access ... 63
3.4.3 Brokerage ... 64
3.4.4 Status ... 64
3.4.5 Embeddedness ... 65
3.4.6 Sanctions ... 66
3.5. Conclusions and future research ... 67
3.5.1 Conclusions ... 67
3.5.2. Suggestions for future research ... 68
Chapter 4 How former student entrepreneurs motivate their employees to use their social capital in favour of the company ... 69
Abstract ... 69
4.1 Introduction ... 69
4.2 Building trust and associability in order to make employees use their social network for their company ... 71
4.3 Methodology and cases ... 74
4.3.1 Methodology ... 74
4.3.2 Cases ... 75
4.4 Analysis of the cases ... 78
4.4.1 Trust in student entrepreneurs ... 78
4.4.2 Associability to the company ... 80
4.4.3 Employees use their social network in favour of the company ... 82
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4.6 Conclusions ... 85
Chapter 5 Final conclusions and recommendations for future research ... 87
5.1 introduction ... 87
5.2 Main research findings ... 88
5.3 Contributions to the literature ... 92
5.4 Practical implications ... 94
5.5 Limitations and future research directions ... 95
5.6 Conclusion ... 97
References ... 98
Summary ... 108
Summary (in Dutch) ... 116
Appendix 1 Questionnaire survey (table 2.2 and 2.3) ... 125
Appendix 2 Questionnaire networking (table 2.4 and 2.4a) ... 131
Appendix 3 Questionnaire business results (table 2.5 and 2.5a) ... 132
