Knowledge and social capital : foundations and applications /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lesser, Eric L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, [2000]
Series:Resources for the knowledge-based economy.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Pt.1. Foundations
  • Leveraging social capital in organizations
  • Social capital in the creation of human capital
  • Social capital: its origins and applications in modern sociology
  • A paradigm for social capital
  • Social capital: the good, the bad and the ugly
  • Pt.2. Applications
  • Social capital, intellectual capital and the organizational advantage
  • Virtual communities and social capital
  • Social capital and capital gains in Silicon Valley
  • Social capital, violations of trust and the vulnerability of isolates: the social organization of law practice and professional self-regulation
  • Pt.3. Empirical works
  • Social capital, structural holes and the formation of an industry network
  • Contingent value of social capital
  • Human capital, social capital and compensation: the relative contribution of social contacts to managers' incomes.