Research design: studying knowledge productivity in networks

This chapter presents the research design of the study. The main objective of this study is to design a suitable method to understand how characteristics of social capital within networks impact learning processes that enable knowledge productivity. The main research questions are:

1

How do the structural, relational and cognitive dimensions of social capital influence knowledge productivity in networks?

2

How do social learning processes in networks lead to improvements, innovations and the development of sustainable knowledge productive capabilities?

3

What kind of interventions in networks impact knowledge productivity from a social capital perspective?