Get the big picture on policy networking with this guide from one of the leaders of policy-based standards efforts With the advent of policy servers, network administrators no longer have to create data traffic rules (policy) by hand. This book will sort out the hype from the reality for this...

Social Capital explains the importance of using social connections and social relations in achieving goals. Social capital, or resources accessed through such connections and relations, is critical (along with human capital, or what a person or organization actually possesses) in achieving goals...

Conceptions and explanations of trust / Russell Hardin -- Solving the problem of trust / Carol A. Heimer -- Trust as a form of shallow morality / David M. Messick and Roderick M. Kramer -- Trust as a form of social intelligence / Toshio Yamagishi -- Trust in signs / Michael Bacharach and Diego...

The aim of this study is to assess the significance of social capital in a public organization according to two theoretical frameworks. Following the structural hole theory (Burt, 1992), a sparse social network enables employees to gain control and information benefits. According to the social...

Export promotion organisations in a number of countries have initiated programs to broker networks of relationships between small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Their goal is to assist firm growth and promote export activity. However, an explicit framework that explains why public...