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Social Capital and Development. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The purpose of this paper is to reflect, from an economist's point of view, on the methodological issues raised by the study of social capital. This term has been used in many different ways to cover a broad range of phenomena (Durlauf & Fafchamps 2002). Perhaps it is best seen as a way of federating research programs in various social sciences, If
openaire   +2 more sources

Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Sociology, 1988
James S. Coleman
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The effect of corporate social responsibility on social capital creation: an empirical study on participation in social cooperatives [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper analysis the effect of corporate social responsibility on social capital by carrying out an empirical study on a specific kind of nonprofit organizations: the social cooperatives.
Elisa Portale, Giacomo Degli Antoni
core  

ChicGrasp: Imitation‐Learning‐Based Customized Dual‐Jaw Gripper Control for Manipulation of Delicate, Irregular Bio‐Products

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Automated poultry processing lines still rely on humans to lift slippery, easily bruised carcasses onto a shackle conveyor. Deformability, anatomical variance, and hygiene rules make conventional suction and scripted motions unreliable. We present ChicGrasp, an end‐to‐end hardware‐software co‐designed imitation learning framework, to offer a ...
Amirreza Davar   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the identity of social capital and the social capital of identity

open access: yesRevista Debates, 2015
In contemporary economics, social capital is identified by some with norms and networks that enhance trust, reciprocity and cooperation for the production of public goods.
Asimina Christoforou
doaj  

Capital Social y Capital [PDF]

open access: yesPolis (Santiago), 2011
Bolívar Espinoza, Gardy Augusto   +1 more
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Liquid Crystalline Elastomers in Soft Robotics: Assessing Promise and Limitations

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are programmable soft materials that undergo large, anisotropic deformation in response to external stimuli. Their molecular alignment encodes directional actuation in a monolithic structure, making them long‐standing candidates for soft robotic systems.
Justin M. Speregen, Timothy J. White
wiley   +1 more source

Social Capital Inside Out: An Empirical Examination of the Relationship Between Organizational Social Capital and Communal Social Capital in Public Organizations

open access: yesNonprofit Policy Forum
This study investigates the effect of organizational social capital (OSC) in non-profit organizations on communal social capital (CSC) in the communities where these organizations operate.
Hashavia-Tzuri Sefit   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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