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Social Capital Formation in EU ICT SMEs: The Role Played by the Mobility of Knowledge Workers
Author(s) -
Nikolopoulos KanellosPanagiotis,
Dana LeoPaul
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european management review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.784
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1740-4762
pISSN - 1740-4754
DOI - 10.1111/emre.12113
Subject(s) - social capital , information and communications technology , business , process (computing) , european union , reflexivity , capital (architecture) , social reproduction , work (physics) , economic system , economic geography , sociology , economics , political science , social science , history , mechanical engineering , archaeology , computer science , law , economic policy , engineering , operating system
This paper aims to describe the process of social capital formation in information and communication technologies (ICT) small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in incubators in various European Union regions as part of the entrepreneurial process. It provides insights regarding understanding the growth process in EU ICT SMEs by connecting the formation of social capital and networks with current work trends of ICT knowledge workers. Utilising Bourdieu and Wacquant's reflexive sociology and their comprehensive theory of capital transformation, including cultural capital, it stresses the central role played by social capital formation in company growth in the sector under study. Simultaneously, it provides a theoretical explanation for challenges ICT entrepreneurs face in this process because of changing work patterns.