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Founding Team Composition

Founding Team Composition is an academic construct that specifies the structure, roles, and demographic, cognitive, and human capital attributes of the individuals who co-establish a new venture, distinguishing it from broader team formation processes by focusing exclusively on the initial configuration of entrepreneurial founders.

36

Publications

5.6K

Citations

84

Authors

52

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

13

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Publications

36

The Structure of Founding Teams: Homophily, Strong Ties, and Isolation among U.S. Entrepreneurs

Martin Ruef, Howard E. Aldrich, Nancy M. Carter · American Sociological Review · 2003 · 1.1K citations

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The Influence of Founding Team Company Affiliations on Firm Behavior

Christine M. Beckman · Academy of Management Journal · 2006 · 713 citations

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Founding the Future: Path Dependence in the Evolution of Top Management Teams from Founding to IPO

Christine M. Beckman, M. Diane Burton · Organization Science · 2008 · 586 citations

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Revisiting Burns And Stalker: Formal Structure And New Venture Performance In Emerging Economic Sectors

Wesley Sine, Hitoshi Mitsuhashi, David A. Kirsch · Academy of Management Journal · 2006 · 550 citations

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The Structure of Founding Teams: Homophily, Strong Ties, and Isolation among U.S. Entrepreneurs

Martin Ruef, Howard E. Aldrich, Nancy M. Carter · American Sociological Review · 2003 · 347 citations

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Authors

84

  1. NM
    Nancy M. Carter

    Babson College, United States

    4 publications · 1.5K citations

    4

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  2. MR
    Martin Ruef

    Stanford University, United States

    4 publications · 1.5K citations

    4

    h-index

  3. HE
    Howard E. Aldrich

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    3 publications · 1.4K citations

    3

    h-index

  4. CE
    Charles E. Eesley

    Stanford University, United States

    3 publications · 229 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. CM
    Christine M. Beckman

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    2 publications · 1.3K citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

52

  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    395 citations

  3. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. Universitat Politècnica de València

    Valencia, Spain

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    59 citations

  5. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Universitat de València

    Valencia, Spain

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    84 citations

  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    789 citations

  8. Airlangga University

    Surabaya, Indonesia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    40 citations

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Venues

  1. Academy of Management Journal

    AMJ · 3 publications · 1.5K citations

    3

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  2. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 3 publications · 1.5K citations

    3

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  3. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

    SEJ · 2 publications · 82 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. 2

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  5. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 2 publications · 43 citations

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