IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL NETWORKS IN THE SUCCESS OF BUSINESS ON-GOING STAGE IN JORDANIAN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to examine the potential impact of entrepreneurial networks usage in the success of business development stages. The population of the study consisted of (248) companies working in the field of plastics and rubber manufacturing. The study utilized a random stratified sample to withdraw a representative sample. Reliability analysis, descriptive statistics, and multiple regression analysis were performed. The study revealed a number of findings most importantly: There is a statistical significant impact of entrepreneurial networks (social network, business network, and inter-organizational strategic network) in the success of business on-going stage. Based on the results of the study, the researchers suggested a number of recommendations for the plastic and rubber manufacturing companies most importantly: More attention and care are needed to develop inter-organizational strategic network as the study indicated its weakness in comparison with social and business network. And the best networking strategy is to espouse a combination of networks types in order to boost business success, as they complement each other.