We offer a critical review of the concepts and principles of social capital and social networks as applied to entrepreneurship. Our review is intended for junior scholars and graduate students in the field of entrepreneurship who wish to learn the basic vocabulary of social network and social...

In this paper, we extend our previous research by investigating the stability of start-up teams and its impact on reaching operating status. Using the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (PSED), we analyze a nationally representative cohort of nascent entrepreneurs over three observation...

We examine consequences of team stability and change on the time new ventures take to achieve various organizing milestones. We propose two competing hypotheses: 1) Stable teams indicate greater coordination and positively contribute to achieving certain founding events and 2) Teams that...

Using a life course perspective, we develop a theoretical model of how parents can influence their children's propensity to enter self-employment. We draw on the sociological, economic, psychological, and behavioral genetics literatures to develop a model in which parental influence occurs in...

Previous research has emphasized the positive impact of supportive informal relations on workers in various occupational settings. Such support seems particularly important for workers who aspire to be self-employed, running their own businesses. Existing theory, however, offers little guidance...