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Personal networks and firm competitive strategy—A strategic or coincidental match?
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“i) The nature of network configuration and its utility for innovation and competitiveness depends on the strategic requirements of individual firms (Ostgaard and Birley, 1994;Koch, 2003).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ostgaard, T. A., & Birley, S.
- Affiliations
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Birley, Sue
- Venue
- Journal of Business Venturing
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1994-07
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 281-305
- ISSN
- 0883-9026 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2076333450
- Cited by
- 362
- References
- 68
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 22 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 17
- FWCI
- 10.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Business Venturing (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Innovation and Knowledge Management
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Business Strategy and Innovation
- Keywords
- entrepreneurial networks, owner-managers, competitive strategy, startups, small business, network density, network intensity, marketing differentiation, product innovation, market segmentation, distribution, vertical differentiation, social network theory, resource-based view, corporate development, consumer attention, market orientation
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