The Role of Social Capital and ICTs in Inter-Organizational Collaboration in a Developing Economy: An Empirical Study of the Finance Industry in Sri Lanka
This empirical study develops a theory of how ICT enabled social capital affects interfirm strategic collaboration and performance, through structural modelling approach using survey-data and secondary-data from the Srilankan banking industry. The results suggest multiple dimensions of social-capita...
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| author | Nawinna, Dasuni Priyanwada |
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| description | This empirical study develops a theory of how ICT enabled social capital affects interfirm strategic collaboration and performance, through structural modelling approach using survey-data and secondary-data from the Srilankan banking industry. The results suggest multiple dimensions of social-capital positively influence interbank collaboration and performance, and that ICTs, firm-size, age, gender-ratio of directors, ownership, culture, organization structure and previous experience strengthen such effects. The study contributes to a holistic perspective incorporating social, technical and organisational aspects. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-575642017-11-15T01:54:01Z The Role of Social Capital and ICTs in Inter-Organizational Collaboration in a Developing Economy: An Empirical Study of the Finance Industry in Sri Lanka Nawinna, Dasuni Priyanwada This empirical study develops a theory of how ICT enabled social capital affects interfirm strategic collaboration and performance, through structural modelling approach using survey-data and secondary-data from the Srilankan banking industry. The results suggest multiple dimensions of social-capital positively influence interbank collaboration and performance, and that ICTs, firm-size, age, gender-ratio of directors, ownership, culture, organization structure and previous experience strengthen such effects. The study contributes to a holistic perspective incorporating social, technical and organisational aspects. 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57564 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Nawinna, Dasuni Priyanwada The Role of Social Capital and ICTs in Inter-Organizational Collaboration in a Developing Economy: An Empirical Study of the Finance Industry in Sri Lanka |
| title | The Role of Social Capital and ICTs in Inter-Organizational Collaboration in a Developing Economy: An Empirical Study of the Finance Industry in Sri Lanka |
| title_full | The Role of Social Capital and ICTs in Inter-Organizational Collaboration in a Developing Economy: An Empirical Study of the Finance Industry in Sri Lanka |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Social Capital and ICTs in Inter-Organizational Collaboration in a Developing Economy: An Empirical Study of the Finance Industry in Sri Lanka |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Social Capital and ICTs in Inter-Organizational Collaboration in a Developing Economy: An Empirical Study of the Finance Industry in Sri Lanka |
| title_short | The Role of Social Capital and ICTs in Inter-Organizational Collaboration in a Developing Economy: An Empirical Study of the Finance Industry in Sri Lanka |
| title_sort | role of social capital and icts in inter-organizational collaboration in a developing economy: an empirical study of the finance industry in sri lanka |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57564 |