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Social Media in an Entrepreneurship Context

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Understanding Social Media and Entrepreneurship

Part of the book series: Exploring Diversity in Entrepreneurship ((EDE))

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In this introduction we set the stage for the chapters that make up this book. We have clustered the invited contributions in a manner that should facilitate reader’s understanding of social media within an entrepreneurial context. This volume is not intended to be an exhaustive review of the literature on social media nor is it an extensive review of the role social media plays in entrepreneurial ventures. What it does explore are various aspects of how the social media in the twenty-first century has impacted entrepreneurial behaviors. We hope these chapters will stimulate future research on social media in an entrepreneurship context.

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    Leon Schjoedt

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Schjoedt, L., Brännback, M.E., Carsrud, A.L. (2020). Social Media in an Entrepreneurship Context. In: Schjoedt, L., Brännback, M.E., Carsrud, A.L. (eds) Understanding Social Media and Entrepreneurship. Exploring Diversity in Entrepreneurship. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43453-3_1

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