Insights into Social Network Theory and Entrepreneurship

Social network theory has long been explored not only as an important resource base to entrepreneurship but also as an underlying force on the development of entrepreneur behavior. Besides the general introduction of social network theory, this paper specifically chose several new angles to look closely into the interaction relationship of social network and entrepreneurship. The insights this paper presents are dynamics of social network followed by venture's social network and its impact on entrepreneurial intentions, opportunity identification, entrepreneurial orientation, new venture's innovative capability. These insights analyses the important issues we encounter in the entrepreneurship practice and entrepreneurship academic research development as well.