Social Capital and Economic Performance: A Meta-analysis of 65 Studies

By Hans Westlund, Frane Adam. 2010

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science, Urban Studies

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Entrepreneurship, Social Capital, and Institutions: Social and Commercial Entrepreneurship across Nations (2013, unknown): “Our novel indicator of social capital complements existing country-level measures including generalized trust and associational membership (e.g., Kwon & Arenius, 2010; Westlund & Adam, 2010).”
What Kind of Entrepreneurship Drives Regional Development in European Non-core Regions? A Literature Review on Empirical Entrepreneurship Research (2013, background): “…where a person is embedded in”, also influences regional development in a positive way (Callois & Aubert, 2007; Putnam, 1993; Woodhouse, 2006; Woolcock, 1998).5 However, there are different interpretations of how this positive influence of social capital comes about (Westlund & Adam, 2010).”
A critical review of entrepreneurial ecosystems research: towards a future research agenda (2017, background): “Surely, the entrepreneurship literature has focused on the role of institutions and culture like social capital (Westlund & Adam, 2010).”
Regional influences on the prevalence of family versus non-family start-ups (2014, unknown): “Attitudes toward economic activities in a community reflect the social ties and strength of relationships in the community (Westlund and Adam, 2010).”
Tourism and GDP (2013, background): “…or political structures (De Dominicis, Florax, and De Groot 2008; Doucouliagos and Ulubaşoğlu 2008), the contribution of social capital to economic growth (Westlund and Adam 2010) and population growth (Headey and Hodge 2009), and the effectiveness of development aid (Doucouliagos and Paldam 2008).”
ESG and financial performance: aggregated evidence from more than 2000 empirical studies (2015, unknown): “…and Lozano (2009) E 32 71.9% 21.9% 6.3% Molina-Azorín et al. (2009) E 32 62.5% 12.5% 12.5% 12.5% Horváthová (2010) E 44 54.7% 29.7% 15.6% 0% Westlund and Adam (2010) S 21 85.7% 14.3% Love (2010) G 45 77.8% 0% 22.2% Derwall, Koedijk, and Horst (2011) Funds 18 16.7% 33.3% 22.2% 27.8%…”
Institutions and social entrepreneurship: The role of institutional voids, institutional support, and institutional configurations (2014, background): “SSC arguably captures the most generic aspects of (weak-tie) social capital at the national level, that is, norms that facilitate interaction and cooperation even among strangers (Fukuyama, 2001; Westlund & Adam, 2010).”