Innovation and social capital: Across-country investigation

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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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Jena Economic Research Papers ; No. 2009,082

Classification and Topics

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

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Doh, Soogwan ; Ács, Zoltán J.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics
• (where): Jena
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/32588
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