How Entrepreneurs use Networks to Address Changing Resource Requirements during Early Venture Development
研究企业家如何利用网络在早期创业的不同阶段获取所需资源，发现创业启动时的网络结构会影响后续网络的内容和结构，从而帮助获取新资源。
Access to resources is a key challenge facing entrepreneurs during early venture development. Entrepreneurs’ networks serve as a principal means of identifying and acquiring needed resources. However, different stages of venture development may address different resource dependencies, suggesting entrepreneurs’ networks may need to change to meet changing resource requirements. By employing network theory and resource–dependence theory, we investigate how entrepreneurs may use networks to address changing resource needs during early venture development. Results illustrate how structural characteristics of entrepreneurs’ networks at venture launch are associated with network structure and content in early venture development in ways that may promote access to newly needed resources.