Resource Search, Interpersonal Similarity, and Network Tie Valuation in Nascent Entrepreneurs’ Emerging Networks

This article contributes to the entrepreneurship and network literatures by addressing the fundamental research question of how a new venture’s initial network ties are formed. The authors focus on the broad network search evinced by nascent entrepreneurs at the very earliest stages of venture and network creation and examine some of the instrumental and interpersonal mechanisms driving nascent entrepreneurs’ value attributions about the...