Rogério Rodrigues Technical University of Lisbon

1. An assessment of social capital and sustainabilityof information technology clusters from Brazil Rogério Rodrigues Technical University of Lisbon

2. Objectives

3. Results • Those with whom and howthey relate are the items that most influence the sustainable development, in particular, the economic aspects. • The aspect that less influence refers to the systems of meaning and shared interpretations.

4. Results • The number of established relationships, the benefits of the information and the trust degree influence the economical acting positively, mainly the increase of the sales and the decrease of costs. • For the social development, the social capital remains positive correlation more strong with the shares with the workers, especially for the IT LPAs, those linked with the qualification of labor. • For to the environmental development, there is a low integration level of these aspects to the productive process and, for the IT LPAs, the frequency of environmental actions to external stakeholders.

5. Conclusions • Sustainable development of the enterprises in clusters is influenced by Social Capital • There are low levels of involvement, for IT clusters: • In environmental issues for the production • In social questions related to external stakeholders

6. Thank you! rogeriosilva@iseg.utl.pt