Effects of different dimensions of social capital on innovative activity: Evidence from Europe at the regional level

被引：101

作者：

Kaasa, Anneli ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Tartu, Fac Econ & Business Adm, EE-51009 Tartu, Estonia

来源：

TECHNOVATION | 2009年 / 29卷 / 03期

关键词：

Innovative activity; Social capital; Human capital; R&D; CREATION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.technovation.2008.01.003

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

120111 [工业工程];

摘要：

This exploratory study investigates how different dimensions of social capital influence it region's innovative activity measured by patent applications. Human capital and R&D are also included in the analysis its factors of innovative activity. The novelty of the paper lies in the fact that for measuring social capital, instead of one overall index, six factors are constructed of 20 indicators using principal components analysis. Unlike many previous studies, this one uses the structural equation modelling approach instead of regression analysis in order to take into account the relationship,; between the factors of innovative activity. Regional-level data from Eurostat Regio and the European Social Survey are analysed. The findings provide strong Support for the argument that social capital indeed influences innovative activity and furthermore, that different dimensions of social capital have dissimilar effects oil innovative activity. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：218 / 233

页数：16

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