Innovation and social capital: Across-country investigation

Arbeitspapier

This study explores the impact of social capital on innovation by constructing a more general measure of social capital indicator consisting of generalized and institutional trust, associational activities and civic norms. We test the hypothesis that social capital has a positive impact on innovation at the national level. After controlling for R&D expenditure and human capital there is a positive relationship between social capital and innovation. Social capital interacts with entrepreneurship and the strongest relationship is between associated activities and entrepreneurship. This is consistent with the need to build social relationships in today's networked economy.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Jena Economic Research Papers ; No. 2009,082

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Entrepreneurship ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
• Thema: human capital ; social capital ; entrepreneurship ; innovation ; generalized and institutional trust ; civic norms ; associational activities ; Innovation ; Unternehmer ; Social Capital ; Humankapital ; Vertrauen ; Soziale Norm ; Schätzung ; Welt

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Doh, Soogwan ; Ács, Zoltán J.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics
• (wo): Jena
• (wann): 2009

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/32588
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ