The geography of social capital and innovation in the European Union

Peiró‐Palomino, Jesús

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“…Both social capital and quality of life receive attention in the field of geography [64][65][66][67][68][69][70]. In countries and regions, social capital and quality of life do not look homogeneous because they have a strong geographical dimension.…”

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Social Capital as a Predictor of Quality of Life: The Czech Experience

Murgaš

Petrovič

Tirpáková

2022

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In the paper, we understand social capital as a variable that affects the quality of life. A variable whose change affects another variable is called a predictor. The paper is based on Putnam’s understanding of social capital with the dimensions of trust, norms and networks. Trust is considered the most important dimension, and for the purposes of the paper social capital is identified with trust. Quality of life is a holistic concept with two dimensions expressing an assessment of satisfaction with life. After society became richer—in the 1960’s in the West and, after the collapse of the bipolar world, also in Central and Eastern Europe—the need for quantity was replaced by the need for quality. The paper is focused on Czechia, with social capital as a predictor of quality of life being investigated geographically at the level of districts. According to the research hypothesis, social capital will have a strong influence on the quality of life of residents in Czechia, i.e., it will be its predictor. To test the validity of the research hypothesis, research was conducted. The aim of the paper is to outline the epistemology of social capital from the aspect of quality of life, description of quality of life and then to test the validity of the research hypothesis by measurements. The result of the quantification of social capital and quality of life at the level of districts and their correlation is important from an epistemological point of view for two reasons. The first is to question the generally accepted premise of the position of social capital as a strong predictor of quality of life. The second is the recognition that the premise of the position of social capital as a strong predictor of quality of life applies in the districts with the highest quality of life.

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Social Capital as a Predictor of Quality of Life: The Czech Experience

Murgaš

Petrovič

Tirpáková

2022

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“…This facilitates enterprises to make timely and effective response strategies to changes in the external innovation environment. In addition, collaborative research and development with external research institutions can enhance the enthusiasm of enterprises to carry out innovation activities and improve the output rate of innovation inputs [ 6 ]. Therefore, the social capital accumulated by enterprises can strengthen the communication and cooperation with external organizations, enhance the enterprises' resources and information acquisition ability, and thus promote their innovation performance.…”

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Correlation Analysis Model of Social Capital and Innovation Performance Based on Knowledge Mapping

Ding

2022

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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In this paper, the correlation between social capital and innovation performance is analyzed using a knowledge graph approach, and a correlation analysis model is designed for practical use. Given the advantages of knowledge graph technology and the fact that most recommendation models fail to make full use of the correlation between knowledge graph and recommended items, this paper proposes a cross-attention fusion-based knowledge graph recommendation algorithm (CAKR). The CAKR model contains a cross-fusion module, a recommendation task module, and a knowledge graph embedding task module, and the inputs of the two task modules are alternately learned in a low-dimensional space by the cross-fusion module. The input of the two task modules is alternately learned in the low-dimensional space by the cross-fusion module to interact with the two embedding vectors of items and entities, and then, the obtained feature vectors are fed into the relevant task modules, respectively, and then, the results are calculated by the respective prediction functions. There is a mediating role of knowledge management capabilities in the innovation ecology perspective between social capital and innovation performance of SMEs. Among them, it fully mediates the relationship dimension of technical social capital, the cognitive dimension of institutional social capital, the relationship and cognitive dimension of market-based social capital, and innovation performance, and partially mediates the structural and cognitive dimension of technical social capital, the structural and relationship dimension of institutional social capital, and innovation performance. The relationship between knowledge management capability and innovation performance is positively mediated by environmental dynamics in the innovation ecology perspective, and the positive effect of knowledge management capability on innovation performance is more significant when the environmental dynamics are stronger, and vice versa. Finally, based on the results of the empirical study, some management suggestions are provided on how SMEs can reasonably utilize social capital to enhance their innovation performance.

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“…The residuals approximate a normal distribution, while there is no tendency in the error terms (see Figures 1 and 2). Even more importantly, the use of regression analysis for this type of demographic data on the scale of regions and countries seems to be well established in the literature, both from official sources such as the European Commission [58], as well as from a multitude of scientific papers [53,[59][60][61][62].…”

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How Intellectual Capital Predicts Innovation Output in EU Regions: Implications for Sustainable Development

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Intellectual capital is an overarching concept that includes the intangible, human-related factors that are relevant to the innovation process, such as human capital and social capital. In the present study, intellectual capital was assessed by indicators measuring different aspects of human and social capital. Factor analysis demonstrated the existence of three underlying factors, with all variables of the model having important contributions to them. A linear regression analysis indicated that 8 out of the 12 variables of intellectual capital used have a statistically significant impact on the measure of innovation output. These findings were discussed and their implications for policy were considered. The paper provides research evidence on the importance of intellectual capital for innovation output and discusses potential ways to achieve smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in the context of the next generation of sustainable smart specialisation strategies.

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The geography of social capital and innovation in the European Union

Cited by 15 publications

References 74 publications

Social Capital as a Predictor of Quality of Life: The Czech Experience

Social Capital as a Predictor of Quality of Life: The Czech Experience

Correlation Analysis Model of Social Capital and Innovation Performance Based on Knowledge Mapping

How Intellectual Capital Predicts Innovation Output in EU Regions: Implications for Sustainable Development

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