 Social capital and innovation: A comparative analysis of regional policiesLyndon Murphy, Robert Huggins and Piers Thompson Environment and Planning C, 2016, vol. 34, issue 6, 1025-1057 Abstract: This paper analyses how different forms of social capital are associated with different types of innovation across regional policy interventions. Taking the case of a continuum of three policy interventions incorporating both ‘hard’/traditional and ‘soft’/non-traditional innovation measures, the analysis finds that differing regional innovation programmes are connected with different forms of social capital generation. Significant associations are found between the types of innovation generated and differing forms of social capital. In particular, the elements of social capital associated with the benefits of social networks are positively related to softer forms of innovation. However, there is also evidence that the positive influence of social networks varies in strength across policy interventions, suggesting a strong contextual and environmental influence on this relationship. It is concluded that social capital should not be considered a panacea for increasing levels of innovative activity within regional policy programmes. Keywords: Social capital; innovation; policy; regions; hidden innovation; social innovation; Wales (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:envirc:v:34:y:2016:i:6:p:1025-1057 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Environment and Planning C |
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