This paper offers a social network explanation for the purported relationship between internationalization and firm performance in the context of born global small and medium enterprises (SMEs). We argue that home-based social networks play a mediating role in the relationship between inward and...

This study is an attempt to explain how therelationship between a venture capital firm (VCF) and its portfolio companies(PFCs) affects the VCF's perception of PFC performance. A discussion ofrelational capital and the relationship between trust and perceived performanceleads to the formulation...

This study investigates the influence of networkperspectives on entrepreneurial opportunity recognition, based on twofactors:the cohesiveness of current networks and the accessibility toopportunity recognition and human capital through network contacts.Theprevious literature regarding network...