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100			_aRamachandran, K
245			_aNetworking and Resource Strategies in New Ventures _cA Study of Information Technology Start-ups / Ramachandran,
260			_c2005
520			_aWhile the network theory and the resource based view of the firm have gained great importance in management research in the recent years, researchers have shown limited interest in studying the dynamics of new venture resource strategy to explain how entrepreneurs continuously augment, manage, and develop resources to match the shifting product-market strategy and use networks in doing so on a sustainable basis. This paper, based on an analysis of two Information Technology (IT) start ups, attempts to marry the insights from two popular theoretical lenses by exploring the innovative and dynamic resource and networking strategies such firms follow. An attempt has been made to conceptualise and explain how these firms maintain flexibility in resources by using network mode of organisation, so that they can avoid strategic rigidity and craft strategies that are suited to the high velocity environment. Several propositions have been developed and practical implications have been drawn in this regard.
650			_aInnovation
650			_aInnovation And Entrepreneurship
650			_aEntrepreneurshipip Research
650			_aSixth Biennial Conference On Advances An
650			_aBiennial Conference Papers
773			_aSixth Biennial Conference on Advances and Trends in Entrepre Research _dFebruary 9-11,
999			_c43219 _d43219