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...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how knowledge is currently being collected, distributed, managed and the perspective of knowledge management's (KM) strategic significance to performance within a broad range of Hong Kong organizations. Design/methodology/approach – A...

Purpose – This paper aims to extend current understanding about the relationship between human capital and new venture performance. Human capital has increasingly become one of the critical intellectual resources in enhancing firm's success, however little work has been done in enriching the...

This paper argues that social contexts and social capital enable knowledge integration; that different social contexts combined with different types of social capital enable different types of knowledge integration. Four types of social contexts are distinguished based on the extent of social...

Aims to provide a strategic perspective for professionals and practitioners to better understand necessary elements are for building a successful knowledge capital and to demonstrate how holding conversations with key leadership evokes viewpoints and relevant information to take into account....

Purpose – The city can be viewed from many perspectives. In this article the author's perspective will be the city as knowledge tool. In the knowledge economy it might be argued that one of the most essential dimensions will be the relational as well as organizational dimensions, such as a...

Purpose – This paper presents best practices of global and local initiatives for social and economic capital development. It introduces the notion of “megacommunities” representing broad multilateral stakeholder groups that work together for the resolutions of large‐scale health,...

Purpose – There is a lack of studies investigating the role of the structural configuration of social capital – more specifically, structural holes – for employees' individual learning. The objective of this paper is to address this gap in the literature, ultimately enhancing understanding...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the case of Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka, a state in the South of India, which is the centre of this research project. Design/methodology/approach – Starting with a summary of the theoretical context of this district, the paper...

Measuring intellectual capital is a growing area of interest in the knowledge management field. Metrics are being developed and applied by some organizations, but there needs to be more research throughout the international community to better define these measures. One limitation of the current...