Abstract
This research investigated influential factors on changes in networks of startups through a qualitative exploratory case study approach. Based on interviews with founders in Germany and selected stakeholders in entrepreneurial networks combined with a network mapping approach, we developed a framework of influential factors on network changes. In essence, this framework categorizes factors into sustainable resource acquisition, knowledge and skill acquisition, interpersonal factors, and interorganizational factors. Overall, our research contributes to a better understanding of factors that impact network changes by providing a construct with potential for theoretical standardization. In addition, this research offers important managerial implications.
Highlights
IntroductionSince Aldrich and Zimmer [2], the observation of networks has developed from static approaches to dynamic ones because scholars considered that this matches the characteristics of startups as their needs for various resources, like technological capability or investments [3], are constantly changing [3,4]
The results of this research provide both theoretical contributions and managerial implications centering on factors that influence network changes for sustainable business development
Whereas previous research focused on the factors that influence tie creation and the strength of the tie, this paper investigated factors for tie deletion
Summary
Since Aldrich and Zimmer [2], the observation of networks has developed from static approaches to dynamic ones because scholars considered that this matches the characteristics of startups as their needs for various resources, like technological capability or investments [3], are constantly changing [3,4]. Besides these resources, which served as a factor for network changes [3,5,6,7,8,9], additional factors have only been researched in a very fragmented manner and through varying network perspectives. Soetanto et al [3], for example, used a classification according to internal and external factors, while Larson [8] analyzed the factors according to the different stages of development of the ties
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