Ron Burt Revisited

Here again is Ron Burt. I've drawn on his work before on social capital. If you want to read about that search on Ron Burt.

Here's a quote from Structural Holes; the Social Structure of Competition(Boston, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992, pp. 8-9):

A player bring at least three kinds of capital to the competitive arena...financial capital: cash in hand, reserves in the bank, investments coming due, lines of credit. Second...human capital. Your natural qualities--charm, health, intelligence, and looks--combined with the skills you have acquired in formal eduction and job experience gives you abilities to excel at certain tasks. Third...social capital: relationships with other players. You have friends, colleagues, and more general contacts through whom you receive opportunities to use your financial and human capital.

We'll talk more about Burt's ideas on social capital later. First let's talk more about human capital.

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