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Social Influence, status, and entrepreneurial entry: evidence from the comic book industry
Citation Link: https://doi.org/10.15480/882.2355
Publikationstyp
Doctoral Thesis
Date Issued
2019
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Advisor
Referee
Title Granting Institution
Technische Universität Hamburg
Place of Title Granting Institution
Hamburg
Examination Date
2019-06-21
Institut
TORE-DOI
TORE-URI
Citation
Technische Universität Hamburg (2019)
This dissertation studies the effects of social network structure on entrepreneurial entry. It analyses how social influence and status affect the decision of individuals to bring a new, self-created offer to the market. Previous work provides evidence for these effects but has not been able to reveal the underlying mechanisms. Drawing on network theory, we derive hypotheses on proximity-based contagion and status-based convergence mechanisms and test them in the context of the comic book industry using event history analysis and panel data covering the careers of more than 11,000 creators from 1988 to 2014.
Subjects
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial Entry
Social Influence
Contagion
Social Status
Convergence
Network Mechanisms
Network Structure
Network Analysis
DDC Class
330: Wirtschaft
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