Entrepreneurial Process and Social Networks

A Dynamic Perspective

Edited by Alain Fayolle, Entrepreneurship Professor, IDRAC Business School, France and Visiting Professor, Turku School of Economics, Finland, Sarah L. Jack, Jacob and Marcus Wallenberg Professor of Innovative and Sustainable Business Development, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, Wadid Lamine, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Canada and Didier Chabaud, IAE de Paris/Sorbonne Graduate Business School, France

Entrepreneurship is undoubtedly a social process and creating a firm requires both the mobilization of social networks and the use of social capital. This book addresses the gap that exists between the need to take these factors into consideration and the understanding of how network relationships are developed and transformed across the venturing process.

‘This rich collection of articles reminds us that network research in entrepreneurship must push boundaries. Fayolle, Jack, Lamine and Chabaud have selected studies emphasizing network processes of creation and change. They nudge us beyond social networks to consider business networks; to study relationship coordination rather than just cooperation. They help us to “try on” new theoretical lenses and they provide insight into novel research contexts such as the Middle East and Africa. This book moves us towards topics that warrant more attention.’
– Nicole Coviello, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada