Effects of different dimensions of social capital on innovative activity: Evidence from Europe at the regional level
Effects of different dimensions of social capital on innovative activity: Evidence from Europe at the regional level
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DOI：
10.1016/j.technovation.2008.01.003
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发表时间：
2009-03-01
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12.5
通讯作者：
Kaasa, Anneli
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作者：
Kaasa, Anneli
这项探索性研究调查了社会资本的不同维度如何影响该地区通过专利申请衡量的创新活动。人力资本和研发也被纳入其创新活动因素的分析中。本文的新颖之处在于，在衡量社会资本时，不是采用一个总体指标，而是采用主成分分析法，由20个指标构建了6个因素。与之前的许多研究不同，本研究使用结构方程建模方法而不是回归分析来考虑这种关系；创新活动的因素之间。对来自欧盟统计局和欧洲社会调查的区域级数据进行了分析。研究结果有力地支持了以下论点：社会资本确实影响创新活动，而且不同维度的社会资本对创新活动具有不同的影响。 (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. 保留所有权利。
This exploratory study investigates how different dimensions of social capital influence it region's innovative activity measured by patent applications. Human capital and R&D are also included in the analysis its factors of innovative activity. The novelty of the paper lies in the fact that for measuring social capital, instead of one overall index, six factors are constructed of 20 indicators using principal components analysis. Unlike many previous studies, this one uses the structural equation modelling approach instead of regression analysis in order to take into account the relationship,; between the factors of innovative activity. Regional-level data from Eurostat Regio and the European Social Survey are analysed. The findings provide strong Support for the argument that social capital indeed influences innovative activity and furthermore, that different dimensions of social capital have dissimilar effects oil innovative activity. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.