Social capital - the informal networks, trust and common understanding among individuals in an organization - determines major competitive advantages in today's networked economy. Knowledge and Social Capital explains how social capital can drive collaboration, reconcile an organization's internal and external labor markets, and improve organizational effectiveness. This edited compilation of authoritative articles helps readers understand how they can build and capitalize on their own organizations' social capital. Knowledge and Social Capital teaches core principles and important strategies to a range of executives, including organizational development specialists, corporate strategists, and knowledge management professionals. Readers will learn how an organization can:

Eric L. Lesser

Foundations; Part 1 Leveraging Social Capital in Organizations, Eric L. Lesser; Part 2 Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital, James S. Coleman; Part 3 Social Capital: Its Origins and Applications in Modern Sociology, Alejandro Portes; Part 4 A Paradigm for Social Capital, Rebecca L. Sandefur, Edward 0. Laumann; Part 5 Social Capital: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Paul S. Adler, Seok-Woo Kwon; Part 6 Applications; Part 7 Social Capital, Intellectual Capital, and the Organizational Advantage, Janine Nahapiet, Sumantra Ghoshal; Part 8 Virtual Communities and Social Capita1, Anita Blanchard, Tom Horan; Part 9 Social Capital and Capital Gains in Silicon Valley, Stephen S. Cohen, Gary Fields; Part 10 Social Capital, Violations of Trust and the Vulnerability of Isolates: The Social Organization of Law Practice and Professional Self-regulation, Bruce L. Arnold, Fiona M. Kay; Part 11 Empirical Works; Part 12 Social Capital, Structural Holes and the Formation of an Industry Network, Gordon Walker, Bruce Kogut, Shan Weijian; Part 13 The Contingent Value of Social Capital, Ronald S. Burt; Part 14 Human Capital, Social Capital and Compensation: The Relative Contribution of Social Contacts to Managers' Lncomes, Eva M. Meyerson;