Les réseaux sociaux de l’entrepreneur et son accès aux ressources externes : le rôle des compétences sociales

Faced with different disabilities related to novelty, the scarcity of resources and lack of legitimacy, contractors must provide the means enabling them to continue their newly created projects. In this perspective, the social network theory has largely emphasized the entrepreneur’s social capital enables him to convey key resources that are required throughout the entrepreneurial process. The objective of this article is to demonstrate how specific social skills are the levers that contribute significantly to the development of different types of social networks conducive to the contractor’s access to critical resources. [googletranslate_en]