The importance of social networks in the Norwegian firewood industry
| Autor: | Jan Inge Jenssen, Anders Lunnan, Pablo Crespell, Erlend Nybakk |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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micro firms
Social network Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry networking Forestry Norwegian bioenergy Firewood renewable energy Structural equation modeling language.human_language innovation firm performance language business Waste Management and Disposal Agronomy and Crop Science Industrial organization VDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210::Business: 213 Mass media |
| Zdroj: | Biomass and Bioenergy |
| Popis: | Accepted version of an article from journal of Biomass and Bioenergy This study examines the relationship between social network size, innovation and firm performance among firewood producers in Norway. Moreover, it investigates how this relationship is affected both by the structure and variations in networks and by firm size and age. A questionnaire-based survey was sent to managers of firms (including one-person firms) in the firewood industry in Norway. A total of 645 usable replies were received, and the theoretical model was tested using structural equation modeling. The findings show that social network size has a positive effect on firm performance via innovation by firewood producers. Furthermore, the results show that firewood producers with fewer involved family members and more variation in occupation and entrepreneurial experience in their networks benefit more from larger social networks than other producers do. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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