Added value for SME can be determine as knowledge, employees’ skills and abilities, social relation, know-how, and particularly effective investing in intellectual capital. The enterprises which invest in knowledge and systems of work are achieved competitive advantage, because of theirs workers’ readiness to learning and qualifying themselves and also thanks to effective information and commun...

Information System (IS) implementations are a risky business with studies showing only a 16% 29% success rate. This research explores the use of social network analysis (SNA) to inform the creation of a Community of Practice (CoP) to support a Finance Management System implementation in a higher education organization. IS implementations can be equated to the diffusion of innovation. The succes...

improving employment opportunities for people and reducing the economic burden on government requires a broad and concentrated effort on private sectors.  private sector growth is a key engine for creation jobs. the major advantage of private sector is its employment potential at low capital cost. these sectors are the nursery of entrepreurship, often driven by individual creativity and innovat...

The aim of the research reported here was to examine the causal impact of social capital on health in 14 European countries. Using data from the European Social Survey for 14 European countries, supplemented by regional-level data, the authors studied whether individual and/or community-level social capital positively affects health. The authors controlled for other relevant factors that are al...

Does venture capital foster productive innovation, and if so, how? Is the impact of venture capital on innovation very large? These questions are not only of theoretical interest: answering them correctly is crucial for designing the best public policies on innovation. Although it accounts for a rather low proportion of total entrepreneurial financing, notably compared to bank finance1, venture...

This paper is based on research that centres the city of Tokyo, a mature experiencing various transformations, in order to show how social capital and innovation can help build up resilient communities. It presents two major topics: 1) potential localities their actively react change, 2) role for inclusive urban governance. By focusing five small neighbourhoods south Taito-ward central-east add...