From Good Communists to Even Better Capitalists? Entrepreneurial Pathways in Post-Socialist Romania

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cătălin Augustin Stoica
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
State Socialism ◽  
Basic Form ◽  
Network Resources ◽  
The Third ◽  
Peasant Workers ◽  
Organizational Experience ◽  
Political Capitalism

This article tests four theses regarding the origins of Romanian post-socialist entrepreneurs: (1) “political capitalism,” (2) “post-socialist managerialism,” (3) “capitalism from below,” and (4) “refuge from poverty.” The results of the analyses show that the former cadres are at an advantage in being employers due to their organizational experience and network resources. Nevertheless, in line with arguments advanced by the second thesis mentioned above, education, as the most basic form of human capital, plays an important role in this story of entrepreneurship. Consistent with the predictions of the third thesis, the experience in the second economy under state socialism, as a form of cultural capital, represents an asset for being an employer and a small business operator in 2000. Private farming is an avenue taken by former socialist farmers and by some of those who have lost their jobs after 1990, especially the former peasant-workers of state socialism.

The Myth of Quality

2020 ◽  
pp. 97-117
Author(s):  
John Wei
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
The State ◽  
Queer Communities

This chapter deals with social inclusion and exclusion along the lines of cultural capital and social distinctions underlined by social class migration and mobilization. Drawing upon sociological analyses of various forms of human capital and academic inquiries into the issue of suzhi (“quality”), this chapter analyzes the ongoing social stratifications in China’s queer communities that have reproduced larger social inequalities. Through an investigation of an “upward” online queer community, it argues that the state-engineered discourse of suzhi has to some extent expired, but the lingering myth of “quality” continues to underline queer social distinctions and social interactions online and on the ground.

scholarly journals The influence of intangible forms of capital on farms 

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (No. 6) ◽  
pp. 251-262
Author(s):  
M. Lošťák
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Types Of Knowledge

Intangible issues, which are often very difficult to be quantified become more and more the field of interest of social sciences. There are many research works demonstrating that various types of knowledge, institutions, social networks, and social relations have a great influence on human activities as for efficient achievement of the actors’ goals. This paper relates expert knowledge (shaping professional qualification) to human capital and tacit knowledge (understood as a broader, general, and contextual knowledge) to cultural capital. Both forms of capital exist in their primary form only in concrete individual persons. Concerning collective persons (firm, community), cultural and human capitals are transformed into intellectual capital. Work with specific knowledge, tacit knowledge and capitals corresponding to them shows the role of social networks and social capital in their organization. Using the analysis of two farms based on natural experiment, the paper demonstrates the role of tacit knowledge and cultural capital (opposing to the overestimated role of expert knowledge and human capital). The conclusions outline social determination of both types of knowledge through social networks and social capital needed for an efficient work of a farm. 

A missing link? Cultural capital as a source of human capital: evidence from Italian regional data

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Crociata ◽  
Iacopo Odoardi ◽  
Massimiliano Agovino ◽  
Pier Luigi Sacco
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Regional Data ◽  
Missing Link

scholarly journals An explanatory model of the organizational factors that explain the adoption of E-business

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Beatriz García-Moreno ◽  
Susana García-Moreno ◽  
Juan Jose Nájera-Sánchez ◽  
Carmen De Pablos-Heredero
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
The Third ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Resources And Capabilities

Purpose: to describe the factors that facilitate the adoption of e-business in firms. To go in deep on the factors, resources and capabilities that need to be present in those firms seeking to improve their levels of e-business adoption.Design/methodology/approach: analysis of the literature involving the main theories on business administration, and more specifically, on those related to technology innovation (TI) and information systems (IS), as applicable to the organizational factors that explain the adoption of e-business.Findings: it identifies three main sources of influence: a first group covers the characteristics of the actual firm, which refer to the organisation’s specific features: firm size, the backing of top management, expected benefit, age, the level of human capital, and international projection. A second group of factors includes technology-related characteristics. The third group contains all those aspects in the environment that may affect the firm’s attitude to e-business.Research limitations/implications: the chosen variables play significant role following a review of the studies on the subject, but not all potential ones have been included. The variables have been chosen in view of the large number of studies that have reported conclusive results.Practical implications: the model presented is designed to enable both scholars in this field and decision-makers in strategic matters to reflect upon those aspects that may drive the adoption of e-business, and thereby help them to make more informed decisions on the matter.Social implications: In highly competitive industries, firms need to keep themselves permanently up to speed with technological advances and strategic innovationsOriginality/value: it is the first study that considers three different perspectives: the organizational, the technological and the environmental one.

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