Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the literature on social capital and its contribution to innovation performance. Design/methodology/approach – Through an intensive review of the literature, the paper first analyzes the origin of the concept of social capital. It then...

Purpose – This paper aims to address the gap that, to date, no systematic review has been carried out on the role that structural social capital (SC) plays for knowledge transfer and innovation at the interpersonal, inter-unit and inter-firm levels. Individuals and organisations are becoming...