The book offers a coherent historical and interdisciplinary perspective on social capital that is illustrated through the emergence and decline of cooperative movements in Denmark (and Poland). The strength of the book lies in its ability to provide an interdisciplinary account of social capital, which, unlike many neoclassical studies of social capital, does not attempt to quantify the concept to make it fit traditional econometric regressions.
Their argument is laid down clearly, and by focusing on one specific study, they isolate a term that runs the danger of overuse because of its expansive implications. This book gives a very important contribution through its cross-disciplinary approach, as especially interesting from an entrepreneurship perspective. The book s thorough description of social capital as an overlooked and important production factor makes very interesting suggestions for entrepreneurship research.
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