The concept of social capital is widely used in the social sciences today. We risk appearing obvious by affirming that the use of the term has created a tower of Babel in research programs. This study is based on a basic distinction: it recognizes that there is a difference between understanding...

Utilization and development of sport capacities into entrepreneurial resources for the creation of new ventures.

Purpose – This paper aims to provide an explanation for foreign small- and-medium-sized enterprise' (SMEs) internationalization results in China based on human and social capital interactions. Design/methodology/approach – The results of a qualitative comparative case study drawing on...

Health Inequalities Related to Immigration and Social Capital: A Decomposition Analysis This article explores the contribution of social capital to health disparities between French born and migrant populations, based on the 2006 and 2008 French Health, Health Care and Insurance Survey. The use...

The difference between individual social capital and organizational (or corporate) social capital has been an important topic of research in sociology during the past decade. The existence of this difference between two forms of social capital evokes an old question in a new manner: what matters...

Cet article présente les premiers résultats d'une recherche insistant sur l'importance des structures relationnelles pour la capacité collective d'innover. La science est le produit toujours temporaire d'une activité de recherche collective. Pour innover collectivement, il faut se...