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Entrepreneurial networking capacity of cluster firms: a social network perspective on how shared resources enhance firm performance

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This paper examines the entrepreneurial networking capacity of firms in leveraging shared resources in clusters to achieve market performance. Defining industrial clusters from a social network perspective and entrepreneurial networking capacity as the capacity of firms in orchestrating relational-based resources to achieve enhanced performance and build competitive advantage, this paper analysed the influences of regional shared resources derived from entrepreneurial networking capacity on firm market performance. This paper used the primary data collected from the 65 wine regions (GIs) in Australia and tested the proposed hypotheses using structural equation modeling. The results show the unique roles of different types of cluster shared resources in enhancing firm market performance. We contribute to further development of the social network theory, the resource-based view, entrepreneurship and cluster theory and provide grounds for closer examination of how the context of industrial clusters influences the resource-based competitive advantage of firms.

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  1. For a wine area to be officially recognised as a wine region, it must meet relevant criteria set out by Geographical Indications Committee (GIC) (producing at least 500 tonnes of grapes and comprising at least five wine grape vineyards of at least 5 hectares each that do not have any common ownership. There is no requirement on size or number of wineries for a wine area to be officially recognised as a wine region.

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Li, H., de Zubielqui, G.C. & O’Connor, A. Entrepreneurial networking capacity of cluster firms: a social network perspective on how shared resources enhance firm performance. Small Bus Econ 45, 523–541 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-015-9659-8

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