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2012 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Cyberspace: A Paradigm Shift for International Entrepreneurs’ Relationships?
verfasst von : Thor Sigfusson, Simon Harris
Erschienen in: International Business
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
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Ever since Bott (1955) first presented the concept of social networks as a systematic way of understanding relationships in London families, social network researchers have observed and developed the idea of close-knit and loose-knit networks of relationships. This dichotomy has since become a well developed line of enquiry in both entrepreneurship and international entrepreneurship research. Network relationships between firms and individuals have a powerful influence on the internationalization of small high tech firms (Coviello, 2006; Moen et al., 2004; Oviatt and McDougall, 2005). Entrepreneurs’ social or interpersonal relationships make them aware of foreign market opportunities (Loane and Bell, 2006).