Abstract:     Entrepreneur network is one of important channels acquiring knowledge and recognizing business opportunity for entrepreneur. Entrepreneur networks are embedded in the social context and affected by the social context. By comparing the evolutionary path difference of entrepreneur networks in the context between endogenous and exogenous clusters, it is found that local entrepreneur network in endogenous cluster is intensive, shows strong openness, and also is full of diverse information. However, entrepreneur network in exogenous cluster is transplanted as foreign firms are entering, and mainly transfers productive knowledge. Moreover, the development path difference of entrepreneur networks induces the difference in entrepreneur cognitive behavior.    

Key words: entrepreneur network, endogenous cluster, exogenous cluster, knowledge transfer