Networks of Entrepreneurs Revisited –Dilemmatic Settings and Dysfunctional Effects duringCompany Foundation Processes

Many entrepreneurial research studies underline implicitly the positive evidence of a connection between the economicsuccess and networks. However, any social relationship which an entrepreneur maintains does not necessarily havepositive effects and consequently does not represent a capital to the new established organization. Dysfunctional effectsresult from the circumstance that the different actors have different, sometimes contrary requirements on networks. Theaim of our article is to explore dilemmatic constellations within networks and to enable entrepreneurial founders orconsultants to face the related challenges....