Empirical analysis of the effect of Japanese university spinoffs' social networks on their performance

Yuri Hirai, Toshiya Watanabe and Atsushi Inuzuka

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2013, vol. 80, issue 6, 1119-1128

Abstract: Entrepreneurial firms have “liability of smallness” and “liability of newness”. A university spinoff, a type of entrepreneurial firm, also lacks internal capital such as financial capital and human capital. Therefore, it is crucial for university spinoffs to utilize external capital, especially social capital, which can provide them important resources.

Keywords: University spinoff; Performance; Social network; Nonredundancy; Tie strength (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.10.027

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