The late Francesca Masciarelli, formerly Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, University G. d’Annunzio, Italy

’Embracing the seminal work of Putnam, Masciarelli offers an insightful and comprehensive overview of social capital literature organized in a thoughtful and easily accessible way. The book builds theoretical bridges between social capital and firm behavior in a compelling and novel fashion and goes on to employ powerful data for rigorous empirical investigations into the relationship. It stands as a comprehensive and imaginative contribution to a growing literature spanning multiple disciplines. This book will become essential for scholars interested in the role of social capital.’ - Toke Reichstein, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

• Contents: Foreword by Helena Yli-Renko 1. Introduction and Overview Part I: The Strategic Value of Geographically Bound Social Capital 2. The Regional Determinants of Firms’ Innovation: The Role of Social Capital and Regional Creativity 3. The Impact of Social Capital on Firm–Bank Relationships Part II: The Strategic Value of Individual Social Capital 4. Turning Public into Private: How Geographically Bound Social Capital Amplifies Entrepreneurs’ Network for Innovation 5. International Social Capital and the Offshoring of Intangibles 6. The Role of Social and Human Capital in the Succession Process in Family Firms 7. Conclusions References Index

The late Francesca Masciarelli, formerly Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, University G. d’Annunzio, Italy

’Embracing the seminal work of Putnam, Masciarelli offers an insightful and comprehensive overview of social capital literature organized in a thoughtful and easily accessible way. The book builds theoretical bridges between social capital and firm behavior in a compelling and novel fashion and goes on to employ powerful data for rigorous empirical investigations into the relationship. It stands as a comprehensive and imaginative contribution to a growing literature spanning multiple disciplines. This book will become essential for scholars interested in the role of social capital.’ - Toke Reichstein, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

• Contents: Foreword by Helena Yli-Renko 1. Introduction and Overview Part I: The Strategic Value of Geographically Bound Social Capital 2. The Regional Determinants of Firms’ Innovation: The Role of Social Capital and Regional Creativity 3. The Impact of Social Capital on Firm–Bank Relationships Part II: The Strategic Value of Individual Social Capital 4. Turning Public into Private: How Geographically Bound Social Capital Amplifies Entrepreneurs’ Network for Innovation 5. International Social Capital and the Offshoring of Intangibles 6. The Role of Social and Human Capital in the Succession Process in Family Firms 7. Conclusions References Index

The late Francesca Masciarelli, formerly Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, University G. d’Annunzio, Italy

’Embracing the seminal work of Putnam, Masciarelli offers an insightful and comprehensive overview of social capital literature organized in a thoughtful and easily accessible way. The book builds theoretical bridges between social capital and firm behavior in a compelling and novel fashion and goes on to employ powerful data for rigorous empirical investigations into the relationship. It stands as a comprehensive and imaginative contribution to a growing literature spanning multiple disciplines. This book will become essential for scholars interested in the role of social capital.’ - Toke Reichstein, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

• Contents: Foreword by Helena Yli-Renko 1. Introduction and Overview Part I: The Strategic Value of Geographically Bound Social Capital 2. The Regional Determinants of Firms’ Innovation: The Role of Social Capital and Regional Creativity 3. The Impact of Social Capital on Firm–Bank Relationships Part II: The Strategic Value of Individual Social Capital 4. Turning Public into Private: How Geographically Bound Social Capital Amplifies Entrepreneurs’ Network for Innovation 5. International Social Capital and the Offshoring of Intangibles 6. The Role of Social and Human Capital in the Succession Process in Family Firms 7. Conclusions References Index