Structural dimensions and gender comparison in social capital dominate the entrepreneurship literature; however, little research has focused on women entrepreneurs relational aspect of capital. Therefore, objective this study is to explore role women-owned businesses Sri Lanka, focusing dimension. Social constructionists focus interaction, narrative design particularly appropriate for exploring...

social capital is a multi-faceted phenomenon in social sciences that massively affects many social fields. it can be a helpful factor in promoting health. among the groups with high burnout, nurses have always shown higher levels of burnout. studies have revealed that social capital can be an important factor affecting burnout. this study aimed to determine the extent of the effect of social ca...

this research, which is practical and descriptive-correlational in terms of purpose and data collection, respectively, evaluates the effect of intellectual capital on the process of technological entrepreneurship (pte). the research population includes the managers and experts working in the iranian research organization for science and technology, which are 375 individuals. using stratified sa...

I provide a typology of social capital, breaking it down into seven more fundamental forms of capital: information capital, brokerage capital, coordination and leadership capital, bridging capital, favor capital, reputation capital, and community capital. I discuss how most of these forms of social capital can be identified using different network-based measures. JEL Classification Codes: D85, ...

We examine the relation between venture capital (VC) investments and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity around the world. We find evidence of a strong positive association between VC investments and lagged M&A activity, consistent with the hypothesis that an active M&A market provides viable exit opportunities for VC companies and therefore incentivizes them to engage in more deals. We als...

We develop an evolutionary model of growth in which agents choose how to allocate their time between private and social activities. We argue that a shift from social to private activities may foster marketbased growth, but also generate social poverty. Within a formal framework that merges a game theoretic analysis of the evolution of social participation with a model of dynamic accumulation of...

Next to the extensive use of social networking platforms (SNPs) for communication and relationship building with friends and relatives, SNPs are also increasingly used for enhancing collaboration at work. SNP usage at the workplace is fundamentally different and it is unclear how SNPs can improve collaboration as well as in what way their designs should be modified and adapted to collaboration ...

Article history: Received 6 June 2012 Received in revised form 18 March 2013 Accepted 21 June 2013 Available online 11 July 2013 Although the effects of corporate reputation on competitive advantage are well documented, the mechanisms that explain those effects remain unclear. We develop and test a theoretical model to investigate how relational capital mediates the impact of corporate reputati...