| Revue: | Revista de administracao Mackenzie |
| Base de datos: | CLASE |
| Número de sistema: | 000373214 |
| ISSN: | 1518-6776 |
| Autores: | Olivera, Jayr Figueiredo de1 |
| Instituciones: | 1Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil |
| Año: | 2013 |
| Periodo: | May-Jun |
| Volumen: | 14 |
| Número: | 3 |
| Paginación: | 209-235 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Analítico, crítico |
| Resumen en inglés | Based on the arguments of Nahapiet and Ghoshal (1998), this article analyzes the relation between the social capital of entrepreneurs participating in horizontal networks and their companies’ performance. A survey of 218 business people from 34 horizontal business networks found that the absolute number of contacts of an entrepreneur within the network, the diversity and quality of the relationships and the cognitive similarity positively influence company performance. The results also show that entrepreneurs participating in horizontal networks have access to high levels of relevant information for their businesses, from the social capital developed within the network. The main theoretical contribution of this paper is that it confirms the relevance of social capital in business performance, thus confirming, in the context of inter-organizational networks, the studies by Ahuja (2000), McFadyen and Cannella (2004), Smith, Collins and Clark (2005), Tsang (2005), and Liao and Welsch (2003). As a contribution to a managerial practice, the results show that network managers can create mechanisms to encourage the development of the entrepreneurs’ social capital by promoting the creation and strengthening of ties, with positive consequences for business performance |
| Disciplinas: | Economía |
| Palabras clave: | Empresas, Desarrollo económico, Capital social, Desempeño económico |
| Texte intégral: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
