Westlund Social Capital in the Knowledge Economy

Theory and Empirics
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-3-540-35366-9
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 212 Seiten

This book analyzes the social capital of the growing knowledge economy, from both theoretical and empirical points of view. The theoretical section discusses social capital as an economic concept, developing a theory of the social capital of the enterprise. The empirical section compares aspects of the social capital of three different socio-economic systems: the US, Japan and Sweden. The book discusses a number of issues for further research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Westlund, Hans

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;6
2;Contents;8
3;1 Introduction;12
3.1;The Emergence of a Concept;12
3.2;Does Social Capital Exist Only in the Civil Society?;15
3.3;The Definition Used in this Book;18
3.4;A Different Economy Needs a Different Social Capital;20
4;2 Social Capital as an Economic Concept;24
4.1;The Capital Concept’s Development;24
4.2;Can “Saved” Social Capital Provide a Yield?;27
4.3;Problems of Measurement and Aggregation;31
4.4;Concluding Remarks;35
5;3 Social Capital as Capital in the Economic Sense;38
5.1;Productivity;38
5.2;The Vintage Aspect;40
5.3;Accumulation and Maintenance;41
5.4;Rights of Possession Versus Public Goods;43
5.5;Complexity and Level of Aggregation;44
5.6;Social Capital as Capital – Summary;48
6;4 Social Capital as a Spatial Externality;50
6.1;Introduction;50
6.2;Producer Surplus and Place Surplus;51
6.3;Externalities;53
6.4;Formalized and Non-formalized Interactions;55
6.5;The Civil Society;58
6.6;Tentative Conclusions;60
7;5 The Social Capital of the Enterprise;62
7.1;The Enterprise’s Internal Social Capital;63
7.2;The Enterprise's Production-Related Social Capital;66
7.3;The Enterprise’s Environment-Related Social Capital;70
7.4;Market-Related Social Capital;73
8;6 Social Capital and Entrepreneurship;76
8.1;Introduction;76
8.2;A Rereading of Schumpeter;78
8.3;Region-Bound Social Capital and Entrepreneurship;81
8.4;Entrepreneurship-Inhibiting and Facilitating Social Capital;83
8.5;Theoretical Models in Economics;86
9;7 Social Capital and Innovation: Actors and Policies;98
9.1;Introduction;98
9.2;Innovation and Social Capital;99
9.3;Social Capital on Three Levels;103
9.4;Public Policies for Economic and Social Innovations;108
9.5;Concluding Remarks;111
10;8 Why Compare Sweden, Japan and USA/ California?;114
10.1;Three Countries in the Global Knowledge Economy;114
10.2;The Welfare State;115
10.3;The Land of Opportunity;116
10.4;The Asian Forerunner;117
10.5;What Aspects of Social Capital Should be Compared?;117
11;9 Social Capital Expressed in the Form of Labor Market Relations;120
11.1;Labor Market Relations in Sweden;120
11.2;Japanese Labor Market Relations;122
11.3;Labor Market Relations in the U.S. and California;125
11.4;Conclusions;127
12;10 Social Capital and Institutions for Growth, Innovation and Renewal;128
12.1;Growth and Institutions in Sweden;128
12.2;The Japanese Innovation System;134
12.3;USA and California – The Knowledge Economy’s Cradle;140
12.4;Conclusions;145
13;11 Civil Society’s Social Capital;148
13.1;Some Quantitative Figures;148
13.2;Sweden’s Civil Society;151
13.3;Japan’s Civil Society;153
13.4;Civil Society in USA and California;154
13.5;The Interplay of Civil Society and Business Life;156
14;12 The Knowledge-Intensive Biotech Industry: Structures and Policies;160
14.1;Introduction;160
14.2;Biotechnology, Concepts and Clusters;160
14.3;Policies for the Growth of Biotech Industries in the Three Countries;170
15;13 The Biotech Industry’s Social Capital: An Empirical Study;176
15.1;Introduction;176
15.2;A General Picture of the Enterprises Investigated;176
15.3;Enterprise-Internal Social Capital;178
15.4;External Production-Related Social Capital;178
15.5;Environment-Related Social Capital;182
15.6;Market-Related Social Capital;184
15.7;Connections Social Capital – Economic Performance?;185
15.8;Summary and Discussion;185
15.9;Growth Policies in a Global Knowledge Economy;187
15.10;Appendix: The Empirical Data;189
16;14 Some Forward Looking Comments;192
16.1;A Concept of Economics;192
16.2;Social Capital of Organizations;193
16.3;The Role of Space in the Global Knowledge Economy;200
17;References;202
18;Index;218