In this article, I compare personal networks of Chinese and Russian entrepreneurs in terms of network structure … entrepreneurs in Beijing, and the Russian data is comprised of longitudinal face-to-face interviews with 75 entrepreneurs in Moscow …

This study examines the impact of entrepreneurs’ network structure and knowledge homogeneity/heterogeneity of their … composed of structured interviews with 159 software entrepreneurs in Beijing and Moscow. The study found that structural holes …

Most studies on entrepreneurs’ networks incorporate social capital and networks as independent variables that affect … entrepreneurs’ actions and its outcomes. By contrast, this article examines social capital of the Chinese and Russian entrepreneurs … and venture capitalists as dependent variables, and it examines entrepreneurs’ social capital from the perspectives of …

contexts of China and Russia. Using interview data of 159 software entrepreneurs in Beijing and Moscow, the study found that …

entrepreneurial development in Russia. We utilize Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data collected in 2001 and 2002 to investigate … the effects of the weak institutional environment in Russia on entrepreneurship, comparing it first with all available GEM …’s institutional environment is important to explain its relatively low levels of entrepreneurship development, where the latter is …

. By utilizing new Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data collected in 2001, we investigate the effects of the weak …

Drawing on Social network theory, this article argues for enhancing effects of social capital of entrepreneurs on … idea of enhancing effects is that the presence of particularistic ties between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs will … capital may affect outcome variables in interaction with other factors. The main practical implication for entrepreneurs is …

economies depends critically on structural transformation and the emergence of productive entrepreneurship that would accelerate …) constraints and develops a theoretical framework that examines the main obstacles to entrepreneurship in Africa’s LDCs. The paper … economies, development of productive entrepreneurship cannot be left to markets alone. The policy analysis suggests that the …