Network Agency in Entrepreneurship: A Synthesis and Outlook

Kim Klyver, Yudi Hou, Elco van Burg and Tom Elfring ()
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Kim Klyver: SDU - University of Southern Denmark, University of Adelaide
Yudi Hou: University of Adelaide, Tongji University
Elco van Burg: VU - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam [Amsterdam]
Tom Elfring: EM - EMLyon Business School

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Abstract: Network agency matters in entrepreneurship. As purposeful agents, entrepreneurs actively interact with their surroundings. However, scholars only have limited and dispersed knowledge about the antecedents, mechanisms, and outcomes of entrepreneurs' network agency. We performed an integrative review of network agency in entrepreneurship to provide a much-needed synthesis of the fragmented insights into this topic. By moving away from a deterministic approach in which social structures shape entrepreneurs' destinies and toward an agentic approach in which social networks shape entrepreneurs while simultaneously being shaped, managed, and developed by them, we contribute to a refined understanding of social networks.

Keywords: integrative review; social networks; network agency; entrepreneurship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-06-25
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Published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, inPress, 37 p. ⟨10.1177/10422587251347058⟩

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DOI: 10.1177/10422587251347058

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