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The influences of social media on Chinese start-up stage entrepreneurship

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  • Arun Sukumar
  • Vahid Jafari-Sadeghi
  • Zimu Xu

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In today's digital era, information is increasingly shared and distributed through online social networks. Social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube in the west and Weibo, WeChat in China have not only greatly extended the reach of traditional social networks but also facilitated the information distribution process within the networks. We aim to investigate the influences of online social networks on Chinese young people's perception of entrepreneurship and its impact on entrepreneurial activities for start-up companies. We collected 100 survey responses and conducted 25 interviews. The results revealed the current status-quo, opportunities and challenges on using social networks. For instance, Weibo and WeChat are the most popular choices for business activities in China. The main entrepreneurial activities on social networks include information collection and analysis as part of the decision-making process or facilitate sales and promotion activities. Challenges include such as overly populated false news and information.

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  • Arun Sukumar & Vahid Jafari-Sadeghi & Zimu Xu, 2021. "The influences of social media on Chinese start-up stage entrepreneurship," World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 17(5), pages 559-578.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:wremsd:v:17:y:2021:i:5:p:559-578
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    1. Singh, Rashmeet & Chandrashekar, Deepak & Subrahmanya Mungila Hillemane, Bala & Sukumar, Arun & Jafari-Sadeghi, Vahid, 2022. "Network cooperation and economic performance of SMEs: Direct and mediating impacts of innovation and internationalisation," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 148(C), pages 116-130.
    2. Jafari-Sadeghi, Vahid & Amoozad Mahdiraji, Hannan & Busso, Donatella & Yahiaoui, Dorra, 2022. "Towards agility in international high-tech SMEs: Exploring key drivers and main outcomes of dynamic capabilities," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 174(C).
    3. Jafari-Sadeghi, Vahid & Amoozad Mahdiraji, Hannan & Devalle, Alain & Pellicelli, Anna Claudia, 2022. "Somebody is hiding something: Disentangling interpersonal level drivers and consequences of knowledge hiding in international entrepreneurial firms," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 383-396.

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