خلاصة:
Social capital (SC) is important as much as physical capital and theorists discussed its functions in enhancement of countries. Successfulness in international fields is far behind reach without due attention to capacity of countries. These capacities are known as competitiveness capacity (CC) in political literature. 12 indexes have been recognized for the CC which covers different dimensions of countries’ capabilities. Due to، extend of the CC issue، this research only focuses on four main indexes of CC، then studies the impacts of SC and these indexes on CC. Existence of meaningful relation between SC and international CC indexes is the main question of the research. Data gathering and literature studies have lead to a model-making and the structure of the research. Research method is based on quantitative approach with applying T test and hypothesis test via SPSS. Result of the research illustrates that there is meaningful relation between SC and international CC indexes.
ملخص الجهاز:
The main research question is: “Is there a significant relationship between social capital and the development of international competitiveness indicators?” Data collection and study of theoretical foundations led to modeling and organization of the research, and the research method was quantitative, based on t-test and hypothesis testing.
In this research, it will be attempted to examine the concepts of competitiveness and social capital and ultimately focus on the main question of “Is there a meaningful relationship between social capital and the competitiveness of countries in the international arena?”; In other words, “Can social capital be considered an effective component in promoting the competitiveness of each country?” The present research, after reviewing the background and theoretical and conceptual foundations of social capital as well as competitiveness, will explain the indicators of each and the position of social capital in competitiveness and, consequently, its outcome in national power.
Harry Bloch, in his famous book Creating a Competitive International Economy, presented a more comprehensive and tangible concept in obtaining a definition of competitiveness; he considers competitiveness to be the capabilities and potentials that every business, industry, region, and country has and can maintain in order to generate a significant amount of return in production indicators and place its workforce in a relatively good position (Bloch and Kenyon, 2001).
The main question of the research is: “Is there a positive and meaningful relationship between social capital and the development of international competitiveness indicators or not?” Data collection and study of theoretical foundations led to the modeling and organization of the research components, and the research method was quantitative and based on t-test and hypothesis testing (using SPSS software).
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