Wen-Wen Sun
College of Public Administration, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China
Ning Cai
College of Public Administration, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China
ABSTRACT
Analyzing types of social network and discerning impacts of different dimensions of social network on opportunity identification are very useful for research on the formation mechanism of opportunity identification in the context of social entrepreneurship. Using the Nvivo8.0 analysis software, this study discusses composition of social network and its influence on opportunity identification in social entrepreneurship, based on the qualitative study of twenty successful social entrepreneurs. This research has certain significance for potential social entrepreneurs to make full use of social network in order to identify more social opportunities.
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Received: July 08, 2013;
Accepted: November 06, 2013;
Published: November 12, 2013
How to cite this article
Wen-Wen Sun and Ning Cai, 2013. A Qualitative Research on Social Network and Opportunity Recognition of
Social Entrepreneurship with Nvivo. Journal of Applied Sciences, 13: 4624-4627.
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2013.4624.4627
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2013.4624.4627
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2013.4624.4627
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2013.4624.4627
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