Managing social capital

Social Capital and Knowledge Sharing – Lessons Learned

“…Companies that are working together in a joint effort and that have established trustful relationships are able to develop deeper relationships with one another, which can be accessed in the future for other business projects. However, managing social capital explicitly is complicated while social capital formation is more a local process and involves social practices [2].…”

“…Social capital has been put forward to explain knowledge sharing and has been used as a theoretical framework to illuminate motives and enablers of information and knowledge sharing [1,2,3,4]. Social capital provides a framework explaining knowledge sharing mechanisms through the dimensions of structures, relations, and contents.…”

Knowledge management

“…Social capital is another topic that has received treatment in ARIST (Davenport & Snyder, 2005). The concept has been traced back to early economists from Smith and Ricardo to Marx and Marshall (Farr, 2003).…”

The micro‐ and macroeconomics of information

“…“Linguistic capital” can include asserting property rights in words and symbols (Lury, 1993) or aggressive translation of economically valuable knowledge (Coulmas, 1992; A. Mattelart & Mattelart, 1992). “Social capital” involves networks of communication and communication‐based institutions and their rules, norms of social practice, and relationships of trust (Davenport & Snyder, 2005; Putnam, 2000). The concept of “organizational capital” encapsulates the ability of firms to learn (Lamberton, 1994).…”

“…Mattelart & Mattelart, 1992). "Social capital" involves networks of communication and communication-based institutions and their rules, norms of social practice, and relationships of trust (Davenport & Snyder, 2005;Putnam, 2000). The concept of "organizational capital" encapsulates the ability of firms to learn (Lamberton, 1994).…”