- A-Z
- Jena Economic Resea...
- Volume 3
- Innovation and Soci...
- Autor(in)
- Erschienen
- 13. Oktober 2009
- Nummer des Discussion-Papers
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2009-082
- Schlagwort(e)
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associational activities
civic norms
entrepreneurship
generalized and institutional trust
human capital
innovation
social capital
- Zusammenfsg.
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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.
- article pub. typess JER
- Research article
- article languages JER
- Englisch
- article research fields JER
- entrepreneurship
- JEL-Classification for JER
- L26 - Entrepreneurship ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives ; O5 - Economywide Country Studies