Social capital as a driver of local knowledge exchange: A social network analysis

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 276-288

  Díez Vial, Isabel ^a   Montoro Sánchez, Ángeles ^a  

^a Ciudad Universitaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognitive capital; Relational capital; Science parks; Social capital; Social network analysis; Structural capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906346308     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2014.7     Document Type: Article

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