Another Post‐heroic View on Entrepreneurship: The Role of Employees in Networking the Start‐up Process

Moving beyond the present post‐heroic perspective known from leadership and entrepreneurship research that emphasizes the importance of external context, we shift the focus from the entrepreneurial luminary and his or her core team to the entrepreneurial firm as an organization with employees. This organizational view captures the vital role of employees, in particular for deepening the external relationships of the firm. Towards this end, the...