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Entrepreneurs’ network bricolage: Reconfiguring social ties for resource creation
Macquarie Business School, Department of Management, Macquarie University, Australia.
Macquarie Business School, Department of Management, Macquarie University, Australia.
School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia.
Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, JIBS, Business Administration. Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, JIBS, Centre for Family Entrepreneurship and Ownership (CeFEO). Macquarie Business School, Department of Management, Macquarie University, Australia.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3742-542X
2024 (English)In: Journal of Business Research, ISSN 0148-2963, E-ISSN 1873-7978, Vol. 185, article id 114931Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The entrepreneurship literature demonstrates the positive impact of network bricolage on resource-seeking. We extend this work by examining why and how entrepreneurs reconfigure ties within the social architecture of their networks. Building on the network bricolage literature and an in-depth analysis of 55 dyadic relationships embedded in four networks, we provide evidence of network bricolage behavior indicating that entrepreneur bricoleurs are, in fact, resource-creators as well as resource-seekers. Our data cover a series of preliminary and in-depth interviews, member checks, site visits, direct observations, and archival sources. We find support for our theoretical arguments that more resources and redeployment opportunities for developing new products, new markets, and operationefficiencies emerge during bricolage processes when bricoleurs use their networks in ways thatdiffer from their originally intended utility. While the strength of network ties is important inits own right, our findings further suggest that heterogeneity of relationship type is a key factorin pursuing network bricolage. A mix of relationship roles provides opportunities to repurposenetwork resources to achieve new valued outcomes.

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Elsevier, 2024. Vol. 185, article id 114931
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network bricolage, resource creation, entrepreneurs, social network analysis
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-66035DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114931Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85202550947Local ID: HOA;intsam;1892114OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-66035DiVA, id: diva2:1892114
Available from: 2024-08-26 Created: 2024-08-26 Last updated: 2025-01-12Bibliographically approved

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