When sociable workers pay off: Can firms internalize social capital externalities?

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-136

  Ferreira Lopes, Alexandra ^a,b   Roseta Palma, Catarina ^a   Sequeira, Tiago Neves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Economic growth; Human capital; Social capital

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC THEORY; HUMAN CAPITAL; MODELING; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EID: 84857201248     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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