Social Capital, Trust and Entrepreneurial Productivity

Race, trust and social capital

Cyberspace markets, social capital and trust

This short contribution outlines several economic approaches to the issue of trust in cyberspace interactions ranging from e-commerce to interpersonal communication. The purpose is to illustrate some practical contributions that specific areas of economic analysis can make to the analysis of behaviour and to the setting of policies and rules. The focus is on instrumental or ‘purposive’ transact...

Trust, Social Capital and Economic Development∗†

Many argue that elements of a society’s norms, culture or social capital are central to understanding its development. However, these notions have been difficult to capture in economic models. Here we explore a possible role for ‘trustworthiness’ as corresponding to social capital. Individuals are trustworthy when they perform in accordance with promises, even if this does not maximize their pa...

Social Capital and Entrepreneurial Success in Female Entrepreneurship

At present China is in the period of a market economy and modern social transition. Why has the number of women entrepreneurs increased? What leads women to leave their jobs and start their own businesses? Social capital is fundamental resources for women to be self-employed, with key resources of mobilization in female entrepreneur being directly determined by her amount of social capital whic...

social entrepreneurial intention: interplay of social entrepreneurial attitude, financial security and social capital as antecedents

developing social entrepreneurship has become a key issue for researchers and policy makers, as social entrepreneurs are agents of socio-economic development. because of the intention- based nature of social entrepreneurial behaviors, the present study at the first stage explores the relationship between social entrepreneurial attitude and social entrepreneurial intention. at the second stage, ...