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On relationship types, their strength, and reward crowdfunding backer behavior

2023

ispartof: JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH vol:154 status: published

CROWDMarketingBehaviorNetwork tiesRelationshipSocial SciencesSUCCESSCREATORSTie strengthPLATFORMSINFORMATION ASYMMETRYINVESTORSSocial capitalPROJECTSBusiness & EconomicsTIESVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200BusinessSOCIAL NETWORKSCrowdfundingEMBEDDEDNESSJournal of Business Research
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Network ties in the international opportunity recognition of family SMEs

2011

Abstract The importance of network ties is emphasized in the current literature on opportunity recognition. However, it is unclear how firms with limited bridging networks, such as family SMEs, recognize international opportunities through their network ties. In this case study we found that in gaining foreign market entry, those family SMEs that lack existing network ties recognize opportunities through weak ties formed in international exhibitions. The findings also indicate that rather than being proactive, family SMEs respond reactively to opportunities that emerge coincidentally. The trustfulness of the tie is important when they consider these opportunities and form new ties for inter…

MarketingNetwork tiesInternational opportunity recognitionFamily SMEsComputingMilieux_GENERALExhibitionInternationalizationInterpersonal tiesBusinessInternational entrepreneurshipBusiness and International ManagementMarketingFinanceIndustrial organizationForeign market
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