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Formal entrepreneurial networks as communities of practice: a longitudinal case study

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  • Vincent Lefebvre
  • Miruna Radu Lefebvre
  • Eric Simon

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This article argues that entrepreneurial learning is genuinely connected to entrepreneurial networking activities, within a co-evolving dynamics. We take a longitudinal network approach to study the combined development of network dynamics and learning in a French formal entrepreneurial network over a period of 4 years (2005-2009). Our aim is to extend our knowledge of entrepreneurial learning emphasized both as a process and an outcome of social interaction, by focusing on the interplay between network evolution and the changing learning needs of participants over time. Building on a situated social perspective of entrepreneurial learning, we demonstrate that network learning processes and outcomes are contingent on the progressive network transformation from a social network to a community of practice.

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  • Vincent Lefebvre & Miruna Radu Lefebvre & Eric Simon, 2015. "Formal entrepreneurial networks as communities of practice: a longitudinal case study," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(7-8), pages 500-525, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:entreg:v:27:y:2015:i:7-8:p:500-525
    DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2015.1070539
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