The knowledge of technology entrepreneurs within the venture creation process is explored. A knowledge framework developed in 2000 by Scott Shane is used to assess technology entrepreneurs' knowledge prior to opportunity recognition and to measure knowledge acquired prior to the venture launch....

By highlighting conditions under which viable interorganizational relationships do not materialize, we explore the limitations of interorganizational knowledge acquisition. In the empirical context of corporate venture capital (CVC), we analyze a sample of 1,646 start-up-stage ventures that...

A model is created and tested that suggests that thecreation of social capital is not exogenously determined but is influenced bystructural conditions, and that social capital and subsequent resource exchangeand value creation are influenced by the extent to which structural incentivesexist for...