The present paper focuses on the interactive relationship between new, technology-based firms and their network environment. The paper analyzes the mechanisms through which new, technology-based firms become immersed in innovation and manufacturing networks. The concept of embeddedness is...

Advances in technology have made it possible to collect data about individuals and the connections between them, such as email correspondence and friendships. Agencies and researchers who have collected such social network data often have a compelling interest in allowing others to analyze the...

<title/> This study is a preliminary step in examining whether reputation effects are operating in the UK informal venture capital market. We test the notion as to whether deal-makers rely on fundamentally different sources of leads and get shown better quality opportunities generally than is the case...