Strategies and Tools for Entrepreneurial Resource Access: A Cross‐disciplinary Review and Typology |
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| Authors: | Hans Rawhouser Jaume Villanueva Scott L. Newbert |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Management, Entrepreneurship & Technology Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA;2. Department of Strategy and General Management, ESADE Business School, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain;3. Department of Management & Operations, Villanova University, PA, USA;4. Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York One Bernard Baruch Way, New York, NY, USA |
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| Abstract: | Given that gaining access to external resources is a critical component of entrepreneurial activity, a great deal of research has been done in an attempt to predict and explain this phenomenon. Unfortunately, this literature is largely scattered across a wide variety of somewhat disconnected research streams, which makes interpreting the insights that have been hitherto gained challenging. In response, the authors identify a sample of 76 relevant articles from the leading management and entrepreneurship journals that examine entrepreneurial access to resources. Using a narrative synthesis approach, they then organize these articles based on the strategies (projective and/or interpersonal) and tools (words, actions, associations and/or intangibles) by which entrepreneurs gain access to resources. Based on this categorization, the authors discuss the major themes in the extant literature and offer suggestions for how to move research on entrepreneurial access forward in the future. |
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