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...

Managing knowledge for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of processes and for accelerating innovations is widely recognized as a major source of sustained competitive advantage. The growing importance of knowledge sharing has fostered the development of a growing body of research in...