Social Capital, Technology Diffusion and Sustainable Growth in the Developing World

2000 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Technology Diffusion ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Sustainable Growth

scholarly journals A European Public Investment Outlook

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Public Investment ◽  
Public Capital ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
Valuable Resource ◽  
Specific Advice ◽  
European Public

This outlook provides a focused assessment of the state of public capital in the major European countries and identifies areas where public investment could contribute more to stable and sustainable growth. A European Public Investment Outlook brings together contributions from a range of international authors from diverse intellectual and professional backgrounds, providing a valuable resource for the policy-making community in Europe to feed their discussion on public investment. The volume both offers sector-specific advice and highlights larger areas which should be prioritized in the policy debate (from transport to social capital, R&D and the environment).

Determinants of entrepreneurial alertness: towards sustainable agribusiness development

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nematollah Shiri ◽  
Hossein Mehdizadeh ◽  
Mojgan Khoshmaram ◽  
Hossein Azadi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Entrepreneurial Alertness ◽  
Agricultural Students ◽  
Iranian Students ◽  
The Impact

PurposeEntrepreneurship is known to be important to the economy, and many scholars across the globe have researched it from a number of viewpoints. Currently, there is a need for an academic study to explore this area by combining sustainability value creating practices and the efforts of current entrepreneurs towards the said target, particularly in the case of the agricultural sector. While the entrepreneurship studies have mostly focused on the determinants of entrepreneurial opportunity recognition, few studies have attempted to analyze the factors influencing the entrepreneurial alertness (EA) of students, especially in relation to agricultural students. To fill this gap, this work investigated the impact of human and social capital on EA among the students of agricultural higher education in Iran.Design/methodology/approachThe sample consisted of 254 agricultural students in higher education from Ilam province in the Islamic Republic of Iran, selected by the stratified random sampling method for the study. Modeling of structural equations was used in inferential statistics.FindingsAccording to the results of the trial, human resources and social capital (SC) have been seen to have a strong, optimistic and measurable impact on EA. Key findings also show that human capital (HC) has an indirect, optimistic and important effect on EA through the mediator role of SC. Establishing higher education science teams, groups, networks and associations can foster opportunities to create and develop relationships and communication between agricultural students and entrepreneurs.Originality/valueThese findings illustrate the value of human and social resources in fostering entrepreneurship alertness among Iranian students of agricultural higher education. Considering the research results, the authors recommend some theoretical and realistic implications and suggestions for ways of promoting and increasing EA among farm students to encourage sustainable growth of agricultural careers in western Iran.

scholarly journals Learning huddles: absorptive capacity and sustainable growth of Chinese incubatees

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-159
Author(s):  
Geraldine Kennett ◽  
Ling Hu ◽  
Alex Maritz ◽  
He Sun
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Business Incubators ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Business Incubation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Learning Practices

PurposeThis study explores the different learning practices of Chinese incubators in Chongqing and Chengdu and delves into how these “learning huddles” influence incubatees' absorptive capacity (the ability to apply knowledge) to improve their chance of success (sustainable growth).Design/methodology/approachThis explorative study uses a qualitative case study approach by means of semi-structured interviews with business incubation managers and incubatees across three business incubators in Chengdu and Chongqing. The data are transcribed, coded and analyzed using an analytic map for the explanation of building and reflecting on the theoretical propositions, leading to a further understanding of the “learning huddle” mechanism.FindingsThe study finds that incubatees perceive that their absorptive capacity is increased through vicarious informal learning practices that promote access to networks and thereby builds social capital to improve their likelihood of success.Research limitations/implicationsThis study has limitations in sample size and design. The explorative case study approach uses a nonrandom case selection of three incubators in Chongqing and Chengdu and has a limited number of interviewees, which may lack representation of the general Chinese business incubation population and may not sufficiently be generalized beyond the sample itself.Practical implicationsThese findings have important implications for business incubation programs. Business incubators that build learning huddles (networks) create a nurturing shared learning environment, which is suitable for incubatees to collectively absorb knowledge at the early stage of their life cycle and improve their likelihood of sustainable growth.Social implicationsSince this study is limited to a Chinese context, it is also hoped that future researchers use the typology of business incubator learning practices to explore cross-culture variables, as these may influence the business incubation operations and performance.Originality/valueThis study adds to the discussion on how collective learning practices facilitate absorptive capacity and build social capital, which in turn improves incubatees' chance of sustainable growth and as such the authors hope that the learning practice's typology and how incubatees determine their success stimulates further research for measuring the likelihood of incubatees sustainable growth.

Natural gas, trade and sustainable growth: empirical evidence from the top gas consumers of the developing world

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (7) ◽  
pp. 635-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Samsul Alam ◽  
Sudharshan Reddy Paramati ◽  
Muhammad Shahbaz ◽  
Mita Bhattacharya
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Sustainable Growth

scholarly journals Value Orientation of Introducing Social Capital in Medical and Health Services

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. p40
Author(s):  
Yang Quanhai
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Optimal Allocation ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
The Public ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Fair Competition ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
Improve Standard

Introduction of social capital into medical and health services can effectively alleviate the problems of insufficient resources, poor allocation and unbalanced structure in developing medical institutions. Social capital entering medical institutions, through reasonable guidance, differentiated development and fair competition, can effectively promote optimal allocation of medical resources, improve balanced development of medical structures, continuously expand the scale and scope of medical service targets, and improve standard and effectiveness of medical services. The nature of capital is to chase profits. Therefore, after introducing social capital, medical institutions should combine and strengthen self-discipline and heteronomy supervisions, guide this part of capital to actively assume social responsibilities, to fulfill social obligations, and to serve the public, in order to ensure the medical industry to have sustainable growth.

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