An empirical study on relationship between firm´s social capital and its learning efficiency in China

Author

Zhang, Fanghua ; Chen, Jin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Manage., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China

fYear

2003

fDate

2-4 Nov. 2003

Firstpage

136

Lastpage

140

Abstract

Facing the ever-increasing turbulent market competition, how to win sustainable competitive advantage by continuous innovation for firms has become a hot issue across academic and business circles in China. This paper, from the social capital theory, probes into the relationship between a firms social capital and its learning efficiency. In addition, it, on the basis of quantitative analysis, points out that a firm´s good social capital is a key variable to improve learning efficiency for learning organization.

Keywords

continuous improvement; innovation management; labour resources; organisational aspects; regression analysis; China; business organizations; innovation management; knowledge management; learning efficiency; quantitative analysis; social capital theory; turbulent market competition; Cognitive science; Communication effectiveness; Innovation management; Knowledge management; Management training; Personnel; Probes; Production; Roads; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering Management Conference, 2003. IEMC '03. Managing Technologically Driven Organizations: The Human Side of Innovation and Change

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8150-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMC.2003.1252247

Filename

1252247