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Social capital can be termed capital in so far as it gives rise to resources that can be deployed in order to enable actors – both individuals and groups – to pursue their goals more effectively than they could without it. To try to read much more into the terminology is likely to lead down a labyrinth of simile. At least in principle, this pragmatic usage should allow for a variety of different theoretical frameworks to bear on the concept.
Social Capital
John Field
The biplane was a metaphor for the software industry: obsolete and ill-suited for its task.
Behind the Cloud
Marc Benioff, Carlye Adler
First, on the organizational level, they created almost from scratch a dedicated organization to overcome the traditional bureaucratic fights that plagued major R&D projects.
The Oxford Handbook of Megaproject Management
Bent Flyvbjerg
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