Exploring the contributions of human and social capital to productivity

International Review of Sociology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-58

  Greve, Arent ^a,b   Benassi, Mario ^c   Sti, Arne Dag ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human capital; Network organisations; Productivity; Project work; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951281048     PISSN: 03906701     EISSN: 14699273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03906701003643261     Document Type: Article

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