Issue Season
Spring
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This article is premised on the idea that social networks represent an important, but often overlooked, unit of analysis in management and entrepreneurship studies. The concept of embeddedness, emphasizing the significance of social relationships, is of particular relevance as more and more frequently minorities and immigrants engage in small businessownership. This article borrows from the ethnicity and social network traditions, and offers that an analysis of the ethnic homogeneity of an entrepreneur’s strong and weak social ties would be fruitful in gauging entrepreneurial success.
Recommended Citation
Chung, Ed and Whalen, Kim
(2006)
"The Embedded Entrepreneur: Recognizing the Strength of Ethnic Social Ties,"
New England Journal of Entrepreneurship: Vol. 9:
No.
1, Article 8.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/neje/vol9/iss1/8
