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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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Building organizational advantage: social capital in multinational enterprises

Lehtimäki, Hanna; Karintaus, Katja - In: Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal 23 (2013) 4/5, pp. 314-329

relationships constituting social capital consists of not only ties of knowledge transfer but also of sociability and trust. High … innovations. Trust is needed to build shared understanding and sense of ownership in the subunits. Highly centralized social …

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Developing collaboration structures for university-industry interaction and innovations

Mäkimattila, Martti; Junell, Timo; Rantala, Tero - In: European Journal of Innovation Management 18 (2015) 4, pp. 451-470

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the doing, using, and interacting (DUI) of Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) while developing intra- and inter-collaboration with industry. It also reviews recent literature related to the roles of absorptive capacity (AC) and social...

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Interorganizational adaptation in supply chains: a behavioral perspective

Knoppen, Desirée; Christiaanse, Ellen - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 18 (2007) 2, pp. 217-237

Purpose – This paper aims to develop the concept of interorganizational adaptation (IOAD) in customer‐supplier dyads, and more specifically its behavioral dimension and its main impacting factor constituted by power. Design/methodology/approach – Building on social capital literature, the...

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Industrial clusters in Mexico and Spain : Comparing inter‐organizational structures within context of change

Martínez, Adriana; Belso‐Martínez, José A.; … - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 25 (2012) 5, pp. 657-681

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the structure of knowledge networks and the geographical patterns of knowledge networking in mature industrial clusters. To such end, it is assumed that proximity is not really what matters in innovation, but rather the embeddedness of firms...

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Social aspect of quality of urban life: how does social capital affect desire of residents to continue living in historical neighborhoods? Evidence from Tehran, Iran

Yazdanpanah Shahabadi, Mohammad Reza; Sajadzadeh, Hasan - In: Journal of Place Management and Development 13 (2020) 4, pp. 493-511

capital, including neighborhood bonds, civic participation, social networks and trust, could increase both their life …

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Successful R&D management cooperation between China and Australia

Sofo, Francesco; Leong, Ta‐Yan; Sofo, Michelle - In: Journal of Technology Management in China 7 (2012) 2, pp. 136-151

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify from the literature the successful R&D management cooperation factors and then examine their relevance to R&D management cooperation efforts between China and Australia. Design/methodology/approach – The case study method is used to...

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Networks in knowledge-intensive industry: the case of a regional accountants' network

Nandan, Ruvendra; Ciccotosto, Susan - In: Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change 10 (2014) 1, pp. 2-21

Purpose – The paper aims to explore the reasons behind the formation of a regional accountants' network located in North Queensland, Australia, and examine in depth how relationships are constituted and maintained between the network members. The study also looks at the benefits arising from...

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Net social capital processes

Bowey, James L.; Easton, Geoff - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 22 (2007) 3, pp. 171-177

Purpose – The paper seeks to use the concept of net social capital to help explain the behaviour of a business constellation, a group of entrepreneurial firms in different businesses that cooperate to their mutual benefit. Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes the form of an...

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Human and social capital interplay among internationalizing SMEs

Goxe, François - In: Journal of Knowledge-based Innovation in China 2 (2010) 1, pp. 73-88

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...

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