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Sarah Drakopoulou Dodd

Researcher at University of Strathclyde

Publications -  52
Citations -  3270

Sarah Drakopoulou Dodd is an academic researcher from University of Strathclyde. The author has contributed to research in topics: Entrepreneurship & Context (language use). The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 51 publications receiving 2901 citations. Previous affiliations of Sarah Drakopoulou Dodd include Robert Gordon University & American College of Greece.

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Change and the development of entrepreneurial networks over time: a processual perspective

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an extensive empirical investigation into network transformation over time, using three longitudinal case studies of entrepreneurs operating in the oil industry in the North East of Scotland, and demonstrate that networks are vital living organisms, changing, growing and developing over time.
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Mumpsimus and the Mything of the Individualistic Entrepreneur

TL;DR: The persistence of the notion that entrepreneurship is a purely individualistic practice is explored in this paper, in the face of considerable evidence to the contrary, and it may be explained by the fact that entrepreneurship may not be a pure individualistic activity.
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The role of family members in entrepreneurial networks: beyond the boundaries of the family firm.

TL;DR: The authors investigated if, to what extent, and how entrepreneurs capitalized on resources embedded in the family, but beyond the formal traditionally defined boundaries of the family firm, and found that about one-quarter of entrepreneurial network ties were kin, and most of these worked outside the formal family firm.
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Network practices and entrepreneurial growth

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on an in-depth longitudinal study of entrepreneurial networking practices through venture growth and discover that the entrepreneur's growth-focused networking practices involved specific patterns of activity, i.e. spans.
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An entrepreneurial network evolving: Patterns of change

TL;DR: In this article, the development of a network for new entrepreneurs first established by a local enterprise support agency in North East Scotland is considered. And the network structure shifts from calculative to affective ties and demonstrate the importance of social ties for the operation of a social network.