Social capital in the knowledge economy theory and empirics

It is possible that there once was a time when scholars used to sit isolated with their cogitations in their attics, emerging now and then to publish their latest e- dite offerings which no one had ever thought of before. If such a time did once - ist, it certainly does so no longer. Writing a scien...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Westlund, Hans (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Springer 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Series:Advances in spatial science.
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009460866206719
Table of Contents:
  • Social Capital as an Economic Concept
  • Social Capital as Capital in the Economic Sense
  • Social Capital as a Spatial Externality
  • The Social Capital of the Enterprise
  • Social Capital and Entrepreneurship
  • Social Capital and Innovation: Actors and Policies
  • Why Compare Sweden, Japan and USA/California?
  • Social Capital Expressed in the Form of Labor Market Relations
  • Social Capital and Institutions for Growth, Innovation and Renewal
  • Civil Society’s Social Capital
  • The Knowledge-Intensive Biotech Industry: Structures and Policies
  • The Biotech Industry’s Social Capital: An Empirical Study
  • Some Forward Looking Comments.