"Introducing the founding principles of the novel paradigm: Culture Based Development (CBD), Annie Tubadji presents a structured explanation of why people love and hate; why people act in the way that they do; and how this ultimately impacts the entire economy. Drawing on nearly two decades of...

This paper deals with the role of reciprocation in the formation of individuals' social networks, that is to what extent initiating a relation brings about its reciprocation. Following the activity of a panel of bloggers over more than a year, we seek to establish whether bloggers are mainly...

This paper carries out an empirical assessment of the relationship between social capital and labour productivity in small and medium enterprises in Italy. By means of structural equations models, the analysis investigates the effect of different aspects of the multifaceted concept of social...