scholarly journals [RETRACTED ARTICLE] The influence of the social capital on business performance: an analysis in the context of horizontal business networks

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayr Figueiredo de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
The Social ◽  
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scholarly journals Social Capital of Bank Leaders and Activities of Commercial Banks

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Vu Cam Nhung ◽  
Lai Cao Mai Phuong
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Expert Interviews ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Bank Branches ◽  
Business Partners ◽  
The Social

This study has explored and measured the composition of social capital of leaders affecting the capital activities, capital use and service provision of Vietnam commercial banks. The research hypotheses are built on previous studies and developed through expert interviews. The research model uses a system of questions to build out 4 scales of social capital of bank leaders. Research results from 243 leaders of bank branches in Ho Chi Minh show that the social capital of bank leaders, expressed through their social relationships with subjects such as friends, colleagues, business partners and managers at all levels, is is very important to the operations of banks. Based on this finding, the social capital of bank leaders should be considered as an important resource to exploit and improve the business performance of the bank.

MINORITY BUSINESS NETWORKS AS SOURCES OF SOCIAL CAPITAL FOR MINORITY FIRMS

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (03) ◽  
pp. 1350019 ◽  
Author(s):  
IAN Y. BLOUNT ◽  
DELMONIZE A. SMITH ◽  
JAMES A. HILL
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Resource Dependence ◽  
Minority Business ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Business Network ◽  
Relative Value ◽  
The Social ◽  
Minority Business Owners ◽  
Resource Dependence Perspective

Much of our understanding concerning minority-owned firms is based on nascent entrepreneurial businesses. Therefore, it is difficult to answer the question of how a minority-owned firm's age and size may influence the social capital derived from a minority business network. We utilize a resource-dependence perspective to hypothesize that the social capital derived from participation in a minority business network will be negatively related to the minority-owned firm's age and size. We find that firm size (as measured by revenue and number of employees) is negatively related with social capital derived from the minority business network. Our findings may help minority business owners understand the relative value of membership in minority business networks before committing limited resources.

Corruption in interaction: the role of social capital in private–public relationships

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia V. Bondeli ◽  
Malena I. Havenvid ◽  
Hans Solli-Sæther
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Material Flow ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Administrative Authority ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Network ◽  
Industrial Marketing ◽  
The Social ◽  
Flow Through

Purpose This paper aims to explore corrupt exchange as a type of socioeconomic interaction in private–public relationships and its effects on material flow in connected private-private relationships. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on a case study of a private–public network of an import firm in Russia. It focusses on corrupt exchange in routine interactions between the firm’s managers and officials in three regulatory authorities. Findings The study reveals how different types of corrupt exchange between firm managers, officials and intermediaries serve as a problem-solving tool that facilitates material flow through bureaucratic gates. Research limitations/implications The paper contributes to the industrial marketing and purchasing research by showing how the social capital concept is useful for explicating mechanisms of socioeconomic interaction in business networks and how the interaction context conditions actors’ roles and interdependencies. Practical implications The paper raises practitioners’ awareness of corrupt exchange in business networks and enables them to anticipate and manage upcoming challenges in bureaucratic procedures. Social implications The study shows how networks’ non-transparent and manipulative tendencies may provide favourable conditions for corruption in the business landscape. Originality/value The study provides a unique empirical insight into the socioeconomic mechanisms of corrupt exchange in business networks. It contributes theoretically by conceptualising corrupt officials as taking on the role of quasi-business actors in the personal possession of administrative authority as a resource and by using a novel conceptualisation of social capital to study private–public interaction in business networks.

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Analysis of the social capital indicators by using DEMATEL approach: the case of Islamic Azad University

2014 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 1985-1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davood Kiakojuri ◽  
Shahaboddin Shamshirband ◽  
Nor Badrul Anuar ◽  
Johari Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
The Social ◽  
Article Analysis ◽  
Retracted Article

scholarly journals Community Social Capital and Firm Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-229
Author(s):  
Fitriana Rahmawati ◽  
Ainur Rofiq ◽  
Risna Wijayanti
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Trust Network ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Internal Resources ◽  
The Social ◽  
Business Entities

This study aims to contribute to the social capital theory. This goal is achieved through determine the relationship between social capital and firm performance. It is carried out because SME's have limited access to resources. SME's need other alternatives to sustain their business. Small entrepreneurs feel the need to focus more on their internal resources. The development of the theory of social capital is important. In contrast to most previous studies, this research uses qualitative study research methods. To obtain the data, in-depth interviews with key informants were conducted. The finding shows that social capital consists of reciprocity, trust, network, and norms. This study also provides evidence that social capital plays a pivotal role in SME performance. Small entrepreneurs get various benefits after joining the group. In addition, social capital can help empower ordinary housewives to become small-scale entrepreneurs. In conclusion, strong social capital can improve business performance, thereby encouraging the economy to grow. The results of this research can be used as consideration for business entities to strengthen their business performance. More than that, this research is also used as a guide in determining strategic SME development policies for government. This research also contributes to the development of strategic management theory.

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ON SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESS PERFORMANCE IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Siti Maemunah
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
The Social ◽  
Medium Businesses

<p>The research topic is to examine the influence of organizational culture, knowledge management strategies and social capital on business performance in small and medium-sized businesses in the food industry. The research method is quantitative by using the SEM methodology and primary data taken using a questionnaire. The population in this study is food industry SMEs in DKI Jakarta by 200. The research respondents were directors, managers and decision makers. The results of hypothesis testing indicate that organizational culture and knowledge management strategies on business performance in small and medium businesses have a positive and significant impact. While the results of testing the social capital hypothesis on business performance are positive but not significant. The next research is recommended to take respondents at the company or corporation level. The next research is suggested to add qualitative research so that it deepens the conclusions obtained.</p>

scholarly journals The dynamics of social capital: The case of Serbia I

2003 ◽  
Vol 46 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 131-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alpar Losonc
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Weak Institutions ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social

This is the first part of the paper that is presented at the conference of EBEN 29-31.2003. In this paper, I am dealing with the relationships between the social capital and some antinomies in the light of business performance in Serbia. The starting point is that Serbia is burdened by odd, postponed transition. The odd transition destroyed some forms of social capital and the postponed transition in business switched the necessary grey/black networks into certain forms of modified social capital. Besides, I explore the path-dependences that determine the dynamic of social capital in Serbia. Hereafter, I uncover some issue related to the weak institutions and uncertainty.

Postdisaster Social Capital, Adaptive Resilience and Business Performance of Tourism Organizations in Christchurch, New Zealand

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (7) ◽  
pp. 1209-1226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mesbahuddin Chowdhury ◽  
Girish Prayag ◽  
Caroline Orchiston ◽  
Samuel Spector
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Recovery Phase ◽  
Relational Capital ◽  
Interfirm Relationships ◽  
Structural Capital ◽  
The Social ◽  
Adaptive Resilience ◽  
The Relationship

The resilience of tourism organizations is an important issue for destinations. While studies examine the social capital of firms, researchers have yet to understand the relationship between social capital (structural, relational and cognitive) and organizational resilience as predictors of business performance. This study evaluates these relationships at the interfirm level among tourism organizations in the postdisaster context of Christchurch, New Zealand, where business performance for some tourism operations was severely impacted. Surveys of tourism organizations reveal that structural capital has a positive relationship with both cognitive and relational capital. Only relational capital has an influence on adaptive resilience. Adaptive resilience has a significant influence on business performance. By showing which elements of social capital contribute to adaptive resilience, these findings can be used by tourism organizations in their recovery phase to direct investments in building resilience and strengthening interfirm relationships.

scholarly journals Placing social capital in business networks: conceptualisation and research agenda

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 1100-1113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia V. Bondeli ◽  
Malena Ingemansson Havenvid ◽  
Hans Solli-Sæther
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Economic Sociology ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Business Relationships ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Side ◽  
Original Interpretation

Purpose This paper aims to refine conceptual treatment of the social facet in business relationships and reinforce its significance in the industrial marketing and purchasing (IMP) research tradition by integrating the concept of social capital in its original interpretation into the actor-resource-activity (ARA) model. Design/methodology/approach The paper begins by indicating some typical conceptual challenges associated with application of social capital in IMP. This is followed by a conceptual clarification that explores the origin and the essence of social capital in economic sociology. Finally, the paper proposes integrating social capital in its original interpretation into IMP’s ARA model and presents four propositions on how social capital is created in interaction between business actors. Findings The paper shows how bridging Bourdieu’s theory of social capital with the IMP approach may solve the identified conceptual challenges. This paper’s main contribution is a cyclical model depicting how social capital is created in business networks. It is integrated into the ARA model and designed specifically for studying the social facet of business relationships. Research limitations/implications The paper is expected to aid IMP researchers in empirical contexts where the social component in business relationships is particularly prominent. As such, the novel approach presented could be used to further understand how social exchange processes are related to relationship governance, relationship initiation and development. Originality/value The proposed model shows how social capital is generated through the dynamic interplay in the social facets of actor, activity and resource dimensions, emphasising its creation dynamics. The model integrates insights from the classic works in economic sociology to strengthen the social side of IMP’s socioeconomic interface and is intended to be used as a tool for empirical application.

scholarly journals Dealing with insecurity

2012 ◽  
Vol 56 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Keck ◽  
Hans-Georg Bohle ◽  
Wolfgang-Peter Zingel
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Food System ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
Social Mechanisms ◽  
Relational Approach ◽  
Governance Mode ◽  
Urban Food System ◽  
The Subject

AbstractThe article investigates underlying social mechanisms that contribute to the remarkable resilience of Dhaka’s food system with a special focus on wholesalers and their informal business networks. A relational approach to the subject matter is elaborated that understands informality as a specific governance mode of business relations that is coined by horizontal power relations, and by the implicit codification, endogenous imposition, and personalized implementation of procedural rules. Empirical evidence is presented from recent fieldwork with rice and fish wholesalers that suggests that informality, in the form of trustworthy relations and social capital, has the potential to foster the traders’ adaptive capacities and thus not only their individual business performance, but also the overall robustness of the urban food system.

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