Asserting and transcending ethnic homophily: How entrepreneurs develop social ties to access resources and opportunities in socially contested environments

• Published in: Strategic entrepreneurship journal Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 229 - 257
• Main Authors: Busch, Christian, Mudida, Robert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.06.2024
• Subjects: case study; emerging economies; networks; resource acquisition; Sub‐Saharan Africa

Research Summary In socially contested settings, it is often difficult to connect with (diverse) others, and it is unclear how entrepreneurs in these contexts may develop the social ties that previous research has shown to be valuable. We studied this subject matter in Kenya, an ethnically fractiona...