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College students, as a special social group, is the main source of innovation and entrepreneurship in the future China. However, entrepreneurial intention is a prerequisite for entrepreneurial behavior. In this paper, we took the actual situation of Yunnan University into consideration, and analyzed a large number of documents and relevant theories. Then we proposed the theoretical models and 11 assumptions...
Users can use social network sites automatically, it comes from user's habit, it's a no-conscious action (Wohn et al., 2012). Therefore, users have interactions in social networks sites, it makes life well-being. At the same time, it creates postive effects. For the reason, there are more and more people who like to participate in social networks sites. In the research, the study try to use the concept...
The authors theoretical research provided a framework to define and measure social capital in social network sites. This paper determining with a qualitative method the theoretical dimensions of this framework. The result of this paper is the explanation of social capital theory in social network sites under the consideration of the identified indicators. The sample for this case is students, and...
This study examines how transformational leadership influences value co-creation in virtual communities through various driving factors. Considering that participants of the same virtual community may experience a context effect resulting from perceived organizational consensus, this study employs a hierarchical linear model (HLM) for verification. This study proposes the following hypothesis: transformational...
While a growing body of literature has touted e-participation as a means of facilitating greater citizen participation in policy decision-making processes, little is known about the driving forces behind active citizen e-participation. Based on a literature review of social capital and citizen participation, the study develops a model of active e-participation. In this model, this study argues that...
Governments constrained by resources and driven by citizen expectations have been turning to private enterprises to leverage their efficiencies. This has led to public private partnership (PPP) initiatives in egovernance. However, partnerships have often not delivered the expected outcomes. Research has reported intangible factors like leadership, shared goals, open communication, trust, willingness...
In Smart Grids, flexible demand can lower the consumption peaks by flattening the demand curve. Since a centralised approach to allocate electricity consumption suffers from scalability issues, we proposed a self-organising solution in which consumers exchange allocated electricity consumption slots to satisfy their preferences. In addition, cooperation is encouraged using social capital, consumers...
This concept paper suggests a new way of thinking about the origin, growth, and spread of a general-purpose "scientific habit of mind" in humans, and discusses how intelligent coaching agents may help. The argument begins with a description of the role of the cognitive cycle in animal thinking. We then examine critical differences between non-human and human cognition, especially in respect...
Social capital theory has been used widely to explain knowledge contribution. However, most of the previous studies have focused on investigating the direct impact of social capital, while the underlying mechanism by which social capital affects knowledge contribution has not been fully understood. It has been argued that social capital facilitates knowledge exchange by affecting the conditions necessary...
Innovation has been studied from several different perspectives. Since innovation has increasingly become a nonlinear, interactive and open activity, social network analysis provides a handy tool to examine this phenomenon. This paper aims to review and synthesize the studies that have examined the phenomenon of innovation from a social network perspective. The current state of the literature, gaps...
This paper describes the theoretical basis, development, and initial results of a quantitative survey instrument that measures the engineering-related social capital resources of undergraduate engineering students. Despite significant efforts over the last few decades to increase participation of under-represented groups in engineering within the United States, progress has been disturbingly slow...
Based on the “Game Theory”, the author applies the theory model of “Prisoner's Dilemmas” into the area of sports, so as to demonstrate the objective reality of collective action dilemma in sports field. Through the application of the “Hobbes Program”, “Social Capital Program”, “Reasonable supervision program”, “Comprehensive Managing System Program” into practical situation, the author searches for...
This paper has constructed a measure model of macro social capital including three dimensions: network, trust, and institutions. Based on panel data of 23 provinces during 1997–2007 in China, this paper has empirically examined the influences of human capital and social capital on economic growth. We divide our sample into two groups according to the economic prosperity, and analyze the disparities...
The relation between HR (human resource) and organizational performance is one of the main problems on the research field of HR management. We introduce intellectual capital as a mediating construct between HR and organizational performance of high-tech enterprise to analyze it. We select listed company of communication apparatus manufacturing industry of high-tech industries as sample to better frame...
At present, there has been a substantial flow of personnel executives, the issue of personnel executives flow has been one of the most important issues of modern enterprise management. This paper attempts to build a theoretical model of social capital with personnel executives' occupational mobility, then explore and analyze the relationship between this two. The results indicate that social capital...
Group buying has two elements: shopping and social network. Online group buying is better than offline method in convenience, and getting product information and cheaper products. Group formed for group buying is community of transaction and there is less demand for strong ties. People who are young and optimistic with technology prefer online option.
The knowledge transfer and sharing among public sectors is a compound concept and complex process and its influencing factors are very complicated. This paper analyzes the knowledge transfer among public sectors from three aspects of social capital, namely structural dimension, relational dimension and cognitive dimension. The research shows that the cultivation and promotion of social capital among...
Since online education service emerged at the end of the 1990s, it has been expected to reduce the cost of traditional education and finally could replace some parts of the offline education markets. Unlike the initial expectation, however, online education market is not growing up fast. In order for online education service providers to maintain and increase the number of users, which factors make...
From Wenchuan earthquake, one of the worst catastrophes of the century, this paper analyses its impact on the environment and evaluates E-NGO's functions of environmental reconstruction. E-NGOs are always engaged in spreading knowledge and mobilizing the public, so as to accumulate social capital for environmental reconstruction. Some E-NGOs will assess the environmental impact of the disaster, and...
From the view of the social capital's structural, relational and cognitive dimensions the article analyzes how the knowledge chain's social capital promotes the interorganizational knowledge creation in the knowledge chain. The knowledge chain's social capital promotes the interorganizational knowledge creation in the knowledge chain by increasing chances for knowledge creation, decreasing cost of...
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