Universities and public research organizations (PROs) are valuable knowledge sources for firms in innovation development. However, differences in goals and approaches between firms and PROs create tensions and lead to challenges in achieving fruitful collaborations. This paper explores how the development of cognitive and social capital can mitigate such challenges between firms and PROs in res...

This paper integrates the concepts of person–environment (PE) fit and social capital and examines the social dynamics of organizational newcomers’ development of fit with their new environment in the light of national cultural variations. Specifically, we present a conceptual framework that illustrates how newcomers fit in with their work environment in terms of person–job (PJ) and person–organ...

Employing a theoretical framework based on social capital theory, we conceptualize previous citations by author A of author B as weak cooperation that indicates cognitive capital between these authors, and previous coauthorships between them as strong cooperation that captures relational capital between them. We propose that these two types of cooperation impact the citation behavior of author ...

Academic researchers have attributed significant attention to the drivers of opportunistic behavior, yet our understanding of how opportunistic behavior can be mitigated remains relatively fragmented. Our investigation will focus on the social context and more specifically on the role of social capital in the deterrence of opportunistic behavior. Based on two qualitative case studies in the fin...

The Resource-Based View (RBV) has tried to test the role of strategic resources on sustained competitive advantage and superior performance. Although this theory has found several flaws in order to reach its objective effectively (Priem & Butler, 2001), recent proposals have suggested that these problems can be overcome (Peteraf & Barney, 2003). This solution requires paying a greater attention...

While a growing body of HRM research has underscored the primacy of people management issues within the broader KM agenda, little progress has been made in understanding the interrelationships between HR practices and intra-organisational knowledge sharing. The aim of this paper is to contribute theoretically to the debate on the emergent role of HR practices in intra-organisational knowledge s...

Inmany developing countries, lack of IT skills and human capital impede the potential of IT investments in organizations in developing countries [Lee, J. (2001). Education for technology readiness: Prospects for developing countries. Journal of Human Development, 2(1), 115–151]. This paper draws upon theories of humanand social capital, andknowledge, to explain enablers/obstacles for knowledge ...

by entering the era of information and communication and moving from manufacturing and industrial economy towards knowledge-based service economy; the competitive bases of businesses have changed from capital budgeting and tangible assets towards intangible assets and intellectual capital, including social and relational capitals. hence, over the past ages, organizations emphasize more on infor...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh intellectual capital terhadap kinerja belanja pada instansi pemerintah. Capital dalam penelitian dibagi menjadi tiga jenis yaitu public human capital, organizational dan relational capital. Purposive sampling digunakan menentukan sampel yang berjumlah sebanyak 41 observasi. Responden merupakan pegawai pengelola anggaran di Direktorat Jenderal Keka...

Interuniversity consortia are linked together through direct (participation in the same consortium) and indirect (participation of the same member in two consortia) connections. The resulting network can be analysed with the techniques of Social Network Analysis. In this article we show that in our sample the consortium’s centrality increases its turnover rate and its c...