Sentences with phrase «social capital rather»

But it seems to me that if they are to have much of an impact, they must build social capital rather than just provide services to individual kids.

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It is a hard concept to explain precisely and to quantify, but the idea of differing levels of social capital helps explain why, for example, French entrepreneurs (not to mention Indian, Chinese, Mexican and Nigerian) are more likely to create successful tech startups in the US or the UK than at home, or why it is easier to start a business in Sidney than in Beijing, or why technological innovation is not evenly spread out among countries, even among countries at similar development levels, but rather tends to cluster in a few areas in a few countries where tech entrepreneurs seem to believe that their work is made easier and the rewards greater.

Still, she sent the link to a handful of investors Social Capital had worked with, asking them to share it with companies that might be interested in having their businesses evaluated by software rather than people.

When civic engagement generates social capital that is outward - rather than inward - looking, when it leads to social ties that cross typical social boundaries rather than reinforce social homogeneity, many positive consequences follow.

The issue isn't preparation, he says; it's social capital, the culture of science rather than the content.

Last the professional capital of teachers could be developed further by devising specific ways to build strong social capital among teachers and leaders across schools so that more help for improvement would come from one another rather than from outside intervention.

This usually means building on the forms of social capital that students do possess rather than being restricted by the social capital they do not possess.

Rather than creating policies with the new white middle and upper - class families in mind, policy and school administrators also need to consider their positions and sentiments, even if they do not have the same social capital or resources as their white counterparts.

I would describe capacity building as improving human capital rather than changing social capital although capacity building could be argued to be the building of any productive assets of a person which would include some aspects of social capital.

An Investment Plan can be formulated using the Core Satellite approach that ensures structure, rigour, process, appropriate capital allocation and personalised risk management according to a prepared plan rather than deferring to gut feel and social defaults, such as balanced mutula / managed funds where 75 % of workers» long - term core investments reside.

You can get an American Express, Chase or Capital One business card with a Social Security number — something most Americans already have — rather than a Federal Tax ID (also known as an Employer Identification Number), with which other types of businesses must apply.

For museums to attract the human, social, reputational, and financial capital necessary to thrive rather than just survive, they must become «magnetic.»

that Indigenous empowerment or the perceived ability to influence change, rather than being an element of an individual's sense of comm unity, is instead created by a sense of community, clarifying the connection between social capital and empowerment.