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Knowledge and Social Capital. Foundations and Applications

✍ Scribed by Eric L. Lesser (Eds.)


Publisher
Butterworth-Heinemann
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Leaves
320
Category
Library

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"Social capital - the informal networks, trust, and common understanding among individuals in an organization - determines major competitive advantages in today's networked economy. Knowledge and Social Capital explains how social capital can drive collaboration, reconcile an organization's internal and external labor markets, and improve organizational effectiveness. This collection of articles helps readers Read more...

✦ Table of Contents


Content:
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages vii-viii
Acknowledgements, Page viii
Chapter 1 - Leveraging Social Capital in Organizations, Pages 3-16, Eric L. Lesser
Chapter 2 - Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital, Pages 17-41, James S. Coleman
Chapter 3 - Social Capital: Its Origins and Applications in Modern Sociology, Pages 43-67, Alejandro Portes
Chapter 4 - A Paradigm for Social Capital, Pages 69-87, Rebecca L. Sandefur, Edward O. Laumann
Chapter 5 - Social Capital: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Pages 89-115, Paul S. Adler, Seok-Woo Kwon
Chapter 6 - Social Capital, Intellectual Capital, and the Organizational Advantage, Pages 119-157, Janine Nahapiet, Sumantra Ghoshal
Chapter 7 - Virtual Communities and Social Capital, Pages 159-178, Anita Blanchard, Tom Horan
Chapter 8 - Social Capital and Capital Gains in Silicon Valley, Pages 179-200, Stephen S. Cohen, Gary Fields
Chapter 9 - Social Capital, Violations of Trust and the Vulnerability of Isolates: The Social Organization of Law Practice and Professional Self-regulation, Pages 201-222, Bruce L. Arnold, Fiona M. Kay
Chapter 10 - Social Capital, Structural Holes and the Formation of an Industry Network, Pages 225-254, Gordon Walker, Bruce Kogut, Weijian Shan
Chapter 11 - The Contingent Value of Social Capital, Pages 255-286, Ronald S. Burt
Chapter 12 - Human Capital, Social Capital and Compensation: The Relative Contribution of Social Contacts to Managers' Incomes, Pages 288-312, Eva M. Meyerson
Index, Pages 313-328


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