Klyver, K., Hou, Y., \van Burg\, E. and Elfring, T. (2025). Network Agency in Entrepreneurship: A Synthesis and Outlook Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, :.

Network agency matters in entrepreneurship. As purposeful agents, entrepreneurs actively interact with their surroundings. However, scholars only have limited and dispersed knowledge about the antecedents, mechanisms, and outcomes of entrepreneurs{\textquoteright} network agency. We performed an integrative review of network agency in entrepreneurship to provide a much-needed synthesis of the fragmented insights into this topic. By moving away from a deterministic approach in which social structures shape entrepreneurs{\textquoteright} destinies and toward an agentic approach in which social networks shape entrepreneurs while simultaneously being shaped, managed, and developed by them, we contribute to a refined understanding of social networks.