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The Impact of Social Relationships on Online Word-of-Mouth and Knowledge Sharing in Social Network Sites: An Empirical Study
Abou-Warda, Sherein Hamed - In: International Journal of Online Marketing (IJOM) 6 (2016) 1, pp. 1-23
This study provides insight into how social relationships perspective influence on online Word-of-Mouth and knowledge sharing on social networking sites (SNSs). By using the sample from 385 Egyptian college students - who spend more time on SNSs, this study investigates the relationship among...
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Informal Institutions in a Transition Economy: Does Business Ethics Matter?
Vehovec, Maja - In: Journal des �conomistes et des �tudes Humaines 11 (2001) 1
The paper is based on the New Institutional Economic Theory, which emphasizes institutions as a vital component in the creation of wealth and economic growth. It is widely accepted that formal institutions change rapidly through political and legislative decisions. Informal institutions are...
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The Role of "Social Capital" in the Market Process
Ikeda, Sanford - In: Journal des �conomistes et des �tudes Humaines 12 (2002) 2
trust can deepen our understanding of some of the conditions that promote the entrepreneurial discovery of profit …
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Do libraries matter? Public libraries and the creation of social capital
Vårheim, Andreas; Steinmo, Sven; Ide, Eisaku - In: Journal of Documentation 64 (2008) 6, pp. 877-892
towards correcting this situation by asking whether public libraries matter in the creation of generalized trust. Design … trust patterns in the OECD countries. Additionally, a few qualitative interviews with public library leaders in the USA and … Norway were used to indicate by what mechanisms, or by which processes, libraries generate generalized trust. Findings – The …
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Social capital, networks, trust and immigrant entrepreneurship: a cross‐country analysis
Turkina, Ekaterina; Thi Thanh Thai, Mai - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 7 (2013) 2, pp. 108-124
factors – networking, interpersonal trust, and institutional trust – provide an explanation for variations in immigrant …
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Trust-building processes in women’s entrepreneurship
Bogren, Maria; von Friedrichs, Yvonne - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 10 (2016) 1, pp. 70-100
growth. Recent studies show that trust is an essential ingredient when designing such projects. The purpose of this paper is … to further develop a theoretical model of trust-building processes by developing and trying out questions regarding trust … elements and to study how projects have addressed these various trust-building elements. Design/methodology/approach – An …
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Examining the impact of socialization and information sharing and the mediating effect of trust on innovation capability
Kulangara, Nisha Paul; Jackson, Sherry Avery; Prater, Edmund - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 36 (2016) 11, pp. 1601-1624
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the interrelationship between trust, socialization, and information … model is developed that examines the mediating role of relational capital (supplier trust) on the relationship between … Information sharing and formal socialization activities increased the buying firm’s trust in its key supplier. However, formal …
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Critical success factors of rice mills located in a cluster
Singh, Amrendra Kumar; Shrivastava, Rakesh L. - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 62 (2013) 6, pp. 616-633
Purpose – A geographically proximate group of rice mills, supporting companies, suppliers, and associated institutions in a particular field is emerging as a concept to make rice mills more competitive. The factors, which emerged due to cluster formation, appear to have the potential to...
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Bridging strategic and operational issues for project business through managing trust
Gustafsson, Magnus; Smyth, Hedley; Ganskau, Elena; … - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 3 (2010) 3, pp. 422-442
Purpose – Organisational trust is analysed through observation of operations or strategic prescription. The management … of strategic trust development and management to improve operations in the project business and enhance client … satisfaction, analysing trust as social capital. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis is supported by the method of and data …
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Social capital in entrepreneurial family businesses: the role of trust
Shi, Henry X.; Shepherd, Deborah M.; Schmidts, Torsten - In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 21 (2015) 6, pp. 814-841
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical insights to understanding trust as a relational form of … sources analysed by using interpretative methods. Findings – Although multiple types of trust exist concurrently in small- and … medium-sized Chinese family businesses, it is interpersonal trust on the basis of goodwill and competence that prevails …
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