When do specialists become entrepreneurs? The triggering effect of social network diversity

Dan J. Wang; Kylie J. Hwang

doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2018.1

When do specialists become entrepreneurs? The triggering effect of social network diversity

Dan J. Wang, Kylie J. Hwang

Management and Organizations

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We argue that individuals with more specialized prior knowledge are more likely to become entrepreneurs when their social networks feature greater knowledge diversity. Evidence comes from an examination of 1,324 MBA students who were quasi-randomly assigned to small study groups, allowing us to observe exogenous variation in network knowledge diversity.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.1
State	Published - 2018
Event	78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2018 - Chicago, United States Duration: Aug 10 2018 → Aug 14 2018

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Management Information Systems
Management of Technology and Innovation
Industrial relations

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