Social Capital in the Knowledge Economy Theory and Empirics /

• Main Author: Westlund, Hans (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Advances in Spatial Science,
• Subjects: Culture > Study and teaching.; Entrepreneurship.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Economic policy.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Human geography.; Cultural and Media Studies.; Regional and Cultural Studies.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Human Geography.

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Table of Contents:

• Social Capital as an Economic Concept
• Social Capital as Capital in the Economic Sense
• Social Capital as a Spatial Externality
• The Social Capital of the Enterprise
• Social Capital and Entrepreneurship
• Social Capital and Innovation: Actors and Policies
• Why Compare Sweden, Japan and USA/California?
• Social Capital Expressed in the Form of Labor Market Relations
• Social Capital and Institutions for Growth, Innovation and Renewal
• Civil Society’s Social Capital
• The Knowledge-Intensive Biotech Industry: Structures and Policies
• The Biotech Industry’s Social Capital: An Empirical Study
• Some Forward Looking Comments.