Personal business contacts and the formation of a new type of enterprise networks

Authors

N. Seyed-Mohamed
Uppsala University, Sweden
Y. Zhao
Uppsala University, Sweden

Abstract

Most theorists of business networks are paying attention mainly to business networks at the firm level. These studies leave aside the problems of the influence of entrepreneurs’ personal business contacts on the formation of a new type of business networks. In today’s business world it is no longer a phenomenon that many people use new capabilities through their own personal networks. In this paper, the authors attempted to determine the advantages and prospects of development of this new type of enterprise networks.

Keywords

network, business, personal business contacts, netantreprener, structural voids

Authors Info

N. Seyed-Mohamed

Ph.D. in Business Administration, Associate Professor, Uppsala University, Sweden

Email: nazeems@hotmail.com

Y. Zhao

Master degree in Management of International Business at Uppsala University, Sweden; Bachelor degree in International Economics and Trade at Xuzhou Normal University, China

Email: Jessica.chiu@live.cn

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2013 · No. 1 (29)

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Entrepreneurship

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Published 2013-03-14

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Seyed-Mohamed N., Zhao Y. Personal business contacts and the formation of a new type of enterprise networks // Economics: Theory and Practice. 2013. No 1 (29). С. 3–11. URL: https://etip.kubsu.ru/article/view/91

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