论创新型国家的社会结构基础——为创新积累社会资本

Social capital:the social structural base of innovative country

集中探讨了建设创新型国家需要什么样的社会结构基础的问题。现代社会中创新的基础已经从个体研究转化为研究者之间的互动以及由互动形成的社会网络,社会网络不仅促进了知识积累和新奇思想的产生,而且推动着新思想的商业化和扩散。与此同时,社会中的信任和规范对创新则起着保护的作用。因此,建设创新型国家所需的社会结构基础,可以归纳为一种"网络化和信任型的社会",也就是一种蕴含着丰富的社会资本的社会结构。

In modern society, the base of innovation has changed from talents＇ individual research and development activities to the interaction and networks among the researchers. Social networks not only facilitates new ideas and knowledge, but also promotes the industrialization and diffusion of new ideas. Trust and social norms, on the other hand, play the role of protecting innovation. Thus the social structural base of innovative country could be summarized as a ＂network and trust society＂, i. e. , a society with abundant social capital.