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http://dx.doi.org/10.9717/kmms.2014.17.10.1253

The Relationship of Taxonomy of Social Capital and Firm's Performance in the Game Industry  

Seo, Tae-Geon (Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency)
Chung, Dong-Seop (Dept of Business Administration, Kyung Sung University)
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Journal of Korea Multimedia Society / v.17, no.10, 2014 , pp. 1253-1262 More about this Journal
Abstract
Social capital is a sociological concept, which refers to connections within and between social networks. Social capital explains the importance of using social connections and social relations in achieving goals. Social capital such connections and relations, is critical along with environmental dynamism and organizational characteristics in achieving goals for firm's performance. This paper draw the taxonomy of social capital and then analyzed the relationship of firm's performance, environmental dynamism and organizational characteristics such as innovative culture. The empirical results using 134 game corporations in Korea showed that the configuration between taxonomy of social capital was significantly related to organizational structure and innovative culture. And second, the taxonomy of social capital is significantly related to firm's performance.
Keywords
Game Industry; Social-Capital; Environmental Dynamism; Innovative Culture; Firm's Performance;
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