Networking, Social Skills and Launching a New Business: A 3-Year Study of Nascent Entrepreneurs
研究初创企业家与强关系和弱关系的社交频率如何影响企业创办，发现社交技能会调节强关系网络的作用，高技能者受益而低技能者受损，弱关系网络则普遍有益。
We combine insights from behavioral and skill perspectives on network agency to address how entrepreneurs’ networking with close social ties and weak ties influences business launch, and the extent to which social skills strengthened or weakened these influences. Combining network perspectives previously developed in parallel, we fill in the gap of how well entrepreneurs are networking. We find frequent networking with close social ties increases entrepreneurs’ chances of business launch when they have high social skills, but decreases their chances when they have low social skills, while networking with weak ties increases chances of business launch regardless of social skills.