Social networks, patterns of lasting social relations between people, are an important part of the entrepreneur's social capital. While previous empirical research has considered the direct relationship between social networks and entrepreneurship, the authors refer specifically to the...

Resources and capabilities remain one of the most important factors that influence firms, more especially entrepreneurial ventures, to improve their competitiveness and achieve competitive advantage. In this context, present paper explores how entrepreneurial ventures and small businesses can...

The purpose of this paper was to continue the discussion on the representation of resources as a part of the business model concept. Recently, a business model concept has been proposed to support managing the exploitation of business opportunities. Such exploitation generates a need to select...

This study analyzes how venture capital firms' (VCs') value-added activities affect the speed and scope of the internationalization and growth of born global firms. The existing literature has gaps in terms of the resources that facilitate the development of born global firms and how VCs may...