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Individual capital

About: Individual capital is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 9089 publications have been published within this topic receiving 509653 citations.


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TL;DR: In this article, a typology describes the evolution of groups through three stages, and indicates what kinds of policy support are needed to safeguard and spread achievements in watershed, irrigation, microfinance, forest, and integrated pest management.

1,681 citations

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TL;DR: Social capital is an instantiated informal norm that promotes co-operation between individuals as mentioned in this paper, which is a byproduct of religion, tradition, shared historical experience and other types of cultural norms.
Abstract: Social capital is an instantiated informal norm that promotes co-operation between individuals. In the economic sphere it reduces transaction costs and in the political sphere it promotes the kind of associational life which is necessary for the success of limited government and modern democracy. While it often arises from iterated Prisoner's Dilemma games, it also is a byproduct of religion, tradition, shared historical experience and other types of cultural norms. Thus, while awareness of social capital is often critical for understanding development, it is difficult to generate through public policy.

1,671 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors draw together the empirical academic research on venture capital and highlight what is still not known, focusing on the role that venture capitalists play in mitigating agency conflicts between entrepreneurial firms and outside investors.
Abstract: V T enture capital has developed as an important intermediary in financial markets, providing capital to firms that might otherwise have difficulty attracting financing. These firms are typically small and young, plagued by high levels of uncertainty and large differences between what entrepreneurs and investors know. Moreover, these firms typically possess few tangible assets and operate in markets that change very rapidly. Venture capital organizations finance these high-risk, potentially high-reward projects, purchasing equity or equity-linked stakes while the firms are still privately held. The venture capital industry has developed a variety of mechanisms to overcome the problems that emerge at each stage of the investment process. At the same time, the venture capital process is also subject to various pathologies from time to time, which can create problems for investors or entrepreneurs. The primary focus of this article is on drawing together the empirical academic research on venture capital and highlighting what is still not known. With this focus in mind, four limitations should be acknowledged at the outset. First, this paper will not address the many theoretical papers that examine various aspects of the venture capital market, much of it examining the role that venture capitalists play in mitigating agency conflicts between entrepreneurial firms and outside investors.' Second, this article does not focus on the intricacies of the

1,551 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors develop and extend social capital theory by exploring the creation of organizational social capital within a highly pervasive, yet often overlooked organizational form: family firms and identify contingency dimensions that affect these relationships and the potential risks associated with family social capital.
Abstract: We develop and extend social capital theory by exploring the creation of organizational social capital within a highly pervasive, yet often overlooked organizational form: family firms. We argue that family firms are unique in that, although they work as a single entity, at least two forms of social capital coexist: the family's and the firm's. We investigate mechanisms that link a family's social capital to the creation of the family firm's social capital and examine how factors underlying the family's social capital affect this creation. Moreover, we identify contingency dimensions that affect these relationships and the potential risks associated with family social capital. Finally, we suggest these insights are generalizable to several other types of organizations with similar characteristics.

1,483 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a new dimension of human resources, positive psychological capital, which involves measurable, developable psychological capacities that can be readily enhanced and managed for performance improvement, is introduced.

1,472 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202329
2022105
20216
20208
201918
201859