Performance Spillover Effects in Entrepreneurial Networks: Assessing a Dyadic Theory of Social Capital
研究农村地区农民创业者在水电站建设网络中，社会资本如何通过二元关系产生绩效溢出，发现缺乏社会资本的创业者可通过与高社会资本同事的紧密联系来弥补不足。
We study how social capital induces performance spillover effects in an industry network of entrepreneurs building their own hydroelectric micro–power plants. Most of them are farmers and novices living in rural areas. There is a link between social capital and performance at firm level. By expanding the level of analysis to dyads, we find that entrepreneurs lacking social capital can compensate for this through cohesion with colleagues rich in social capital. Entrepreneurs can also benefit by mimicking the networking patterns of successful colleagues, gaining access to equivalent resources developed in the niche.