Social capital, exploitative and exploratory innovations: The mediating roles of ego-network dynamics

Y Yan, JC Guan - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2018 - Elsevier
Previous research has considered researchers' social capital as a determinant of innovation.
However, how individual social capital affects exploitative and exploratory innovations has …

Network closure or structural hole? The conditioning effects of network–level social capital on innovation performance

J Tan, H Zhang, L Wang - Entrepreneurship Theory and …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
This study contributes to the bonding–bridging debate in the social capital literature by
examining the conditioning effects of collective social capital. Data generated from …

The social underpinnings of absorptive capacity: The moderating effects of structural holes on innovation generation based on external knowledge

M Tortoriello - Strategic Management Journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Building on absorptive capacity and social network research, in this paper I investigate how
individuals inside the organization use external knowledge to generate innovations …

The social network side of individual innovation: A meta-analysis and path-analytic integration

M Baer, K Evans, GR Oldham… - Organizational …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The current study provides a comprehensive analysis and integration of the literature on the
social network correlates of individual innovation. Reviewing the extant literature, we cluster …

The strength of strong ties in the creation of innovation

K Rost - Research policy, 2011 - Elsevier
There is an ongoing debate in innovation research as to which type of social capital is more
conducive to innovation: structural holes as proposed by Burt or network closure as …

Investigating the role of social capital in innovation: sparse versus dense network

S Alguezaui, R Filieri - Journal of knowledge management, 2010 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to analyze the literature on social capital and its
contribution to innovation performance. Design/methodology/approach–Through an …

Exploring how social capital facilitates innovation: The role of innovation enablers

S Camps, P Marques - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2014 - Elsevier
The literature supports the importance of social capital for the development of innovation
capabilities, but pays little attention to how this process takes place. Further, most research …

Innovation and social capital: a cross-country investigation

S Doh, ZJ Acs - Global Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Incentives, 2015 - elgaronline.com
This study explores the impact of social capital on innovation by constructing a more general
measure of social capital, which consists of generalized and institutional trust, associational …

A social capital perspective of innovation from individuals to nations: where is empirical literature directing us?

W Zheng - International Journal of Management Reviews, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Social capital is regarded as the bedrock of innovation. However, inadequate efforts have
been made to synthesize the way in which different components of social capital …

Social capital and the digital crowd: Involving backers to promote new product innovativeness

N Eiteneyer, D Bendig, M Brettel - Research Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Involving customers is often considered a method to develop products in line with market
needs. However, we still need to obtain more insights into the respective drivers and …