The empirical relationship analysis between social capital and innovation of industry cluster

Innovation is an actuating force of industrial clusters. Here social capital on the innovation activities were applied to analyze the electronic information industrial cluster in Suzhou city, China. Using a set of index and two-stage decision-making model, innovation activities of cluster was studied. The results show that structural, relational and cognitive dimensions of social capital have positive influence on the innovation of cluster, while trust network and research network exert the strongest impact as the core mechanism for the evolution and upgrade-function of industrial cluster. The strategy was suggested to strengthen trust network and research network to enhance innovation capability electronic information industrial cluster in Suzhou city.