Editor’s Introduction: Scientific and Technical Human Capital Barry Bozeman, Vincent Mangematin To cite this version: Barry Bozeman, Vincent Mangematin. Editor’s Introduction: Scientific and Technical Human Capital. Research Policy, Elsevier, 2004, 33 (4), pp.565-568. 10.1016/j.respol.2004.01.004. hal-00424506 HAL Id: hal-00424506 http://hal.grenoble-em.com/hal-00424506 Submitted on 16 Oct 2009 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION: BUILDING AND DEPLOYING SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL HUMAN CAPITAL aSchool of Public Policy, Research Value Mapping Program, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 30332, tel: 1 404-894-0093; E-mail:
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[email protected], http://www.grenoble.inra.fr Human capital and social networks are the two pillars supporting scientists’ and engineers’ ability to contribute knowledge. Throughout their careers, scientists seek to enhance both. Human capital endowments include not only formal education and its representation in credentials but the actual scientific and technical knowledge, craft knowledge and technical skills.