Essays about: "Weak-ties"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 32 essays containing the word Weak-ties.

  1. 21. Network development among habitual entrepreneurs when starting a new venture in a different industry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Nikolay Minev; Karen Margrethe Sørensen; [2016]
    Keywords : Networks; social resources; network process development; habitual entrepreneurs; industry experience and context change.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose - The purpose of this research is to investigate how the business network develops, when habitual entrepreneurs enter into a different industry context. How these entrepreneurs expand their existing networks, and how they build new networks, when entering new industry context. Design - Qualitative analysis. READ MORE

  3. 22. Radical Networks, A case study on the value of social network and social capital in an international event firm

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Henric Atterfors; Jonas Östlund; [2014-12-12]
    Keywords : Event Management; Social Capital; Social Networks; Born Globals; Internationalization; fun-run industry; Color Me Rad;

    Abstract : The social dimension is the essence of the event industry, not only for the participants but also as a managerial aspect. The value of social networks and social capital has shown to be a key resource for large parts of the internationalizing event firms’ operations on all levels, ranging from top management to local executors. READ MORE

  4. 23. Banks' Social Capital Investment : Qualitative Insights from Sweden

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Crystal Holmes Zamanian; Lisa Åström; [2014]
    Keywords : social capital; banks Sweden; investment networks; networking; socialt kapital; nätverkande; banker Sverige; nätverk;

    Abstract : Having recognized the merits of social capital research within other study areas, the authors of this degree project take a look at this concept from a relatively untouched perspective, banks. Social capital has long been a staple in both political science as well as sociology discourse. READ MORE

  5. 24. Against the trend: why Russians prefer a local social networking site over the global leader of the industry

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Roman Rogozhnikov; [2014]
    Keywords : social networking sites; SNS; Facebook; Vkontakte; Russia;

    Abstract : The proliferation of social networking sites (SNS) over the last 20 years is a techno-social phenomenon of our age. Since it emerged in 2004, Facebook, the most popular social network in the world, steadily outcompeted its rivals in the overwhelming majority of countries. READ MORE

  6. 25. Social networks and participatory governance of urban green commons : the case of Vuosaari District in Helsinki, Finland

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Eric Opu; [2014]
    Keywords : social networks; public participation; urban green spaces;

    Abstract : Urban development is today causing the loss of urban green spaces such as urban forests and meadows on which cities equally rely for recreation and other ecosystem services. This loss of urban green spaces is increasingly being contested by some members of the citizenry. READ MORE