Human capital, social capital and organizational performance

Management Decision

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 350-364

  Felício, J Augusto ^a   Couto, Eduardo ^a   Caiado, Jorge ^a  

^a ISEG LISBON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Human capital; Performance; Small to medium sized enterprises; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897931547     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MD-04-2013-0260     Document Type: Article

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