MINORITY BUSINESS NETWORKS AS SOURCES OF SOCIAL CAPITAL FOR MINORITY FIRMS

Ian Y. Blount (), Delmonize A. Smith and James A. Hill
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Ian Y. Blount: The Ohio State University, The John Glenn School of Public Affairs, 1810 College Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
Delmonize A. Smith: Rochester Institute of Technology, Saunders College of Business, 105 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
James A. Hill: The Ohio State University, The Max Fisher School of Business, 2100 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), 2013, vol. 18, issue 03, 1-13

Abstract: Much of our understanding concerning minority-owned firms is based on nascent entrepreneurial businesses. Therefore, it is difficult to answer the question of how a minority-owned firm's age and size may influence the social capital derived from a minority business network. We utilize a resource-dependence perspective to hypothesize that the social capital derived from participation in a minority business network will be negatively related to the minority-owned firm's age and size. We find that firm size (as measured by revenue and number of employees) is negatively related with social capital derived from the minority business network. Our findings may help minority business owners understand the relative value of membership in minority business networks before committing limited resources.

Keywords: Social capital; networks; resource dependence; minority business (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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