Motivations and challenges of network formation : entrepreneur and intermediary perspectives/ created by Nigel Lockett, Sarah Jack and Joanne Larty

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Lockett, Nigel [author]

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: International small business journal ; Volume 31, number 8London : Sage, 2013Content type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISSN:

02662426

Subject(s):

Entrepreneurs -- Intermediaries -- Network formation

LOC classification:

HD2341.167

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Abstract: This article presents findings from 14 in-depth interviews looking into the motivations and challenges of intermediaries and entrepreneurs engaged in the formation of a networking group for the information and communication technologies sector. The findings show that issues around communication and expectations exist and that the mechanisms used to address this problem create an environment that promotes a short term perspective, overlooking the importance of social relations. To overcome these issues, it is important that policymakers and entrepreneurs work in partnership to ensure resources are targeted appropriately and in a way that is conducive to supporting an entrepreneurial environment in the long term.

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This article presents findings from 14 in-depth interviews looking into the motivations and challenges of intermediaries and entrepreneurs engaged in the formation of a networking group for the information and communication technologies sector. The findings show that issues around communication and expectations exist and that the mechanisms used to address this problem create an environment that promotes a short term perspective, overlooking the importance of social relations. To overcome these issues, it is important that policymakers and entrepreneurs work in partnership to ensure resources are targeted appropriately and in a way that is conducive to supporting an entrepreneurial environment in the long term.

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