| Titre : | Social capital as knowledge facilitator : Evidence from latvia (2011) |
| Auteurs : | Guido Sechi, Auteur ; Dino Borri, Auteur ; Caterina De Lucia, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Knowledge management research and practice (Vol. 9 N° 3, Septembre 2011) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 245-255 |
| Note générale : | Management |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | 658 (Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce) |
| Tags : | Social capital Knowledge acquisition Learning and information context |
| Résumé : | This paper investigates knowledge acquisition through social ties. This issue has proved important in organizational studies as a mechanism of value creation. Recently, it has also been identified in regional studies as a factor behind regional development and consensus building. Policies are therefore needed to support such knowledge acquisition. The approach is based on the concepts of knowledge as a ‘club good’, and of social capital, where the latter is seen as a set of assets which can overcome obstacles to knowledge exchange. A taxonomy of social capital and knowledge is proposed and relationships among the considered dimensions are hypothesized. A multivariate analysis at the individual level is applied to data collected in the Republic of Latvia, including a sensitivity analysis with regard to socio-demographic dimensions. The analysis underlines the low effect of social capital on complex forms of knowledge. Results also show a strong sensitivity for socio-demographic dimensions. |
| DEWEY : | 658 |
| ISSN : | 1477-8238 |
| En ligne : | http://www.palgrave-journals.com/kmrp/journal/v9/n3/abs/kmrp201117a.html |
