The Function of Social Capital in High and New Technology Industry Cluster

Social capital plays an important role in high and new technology industry cluster. Its function can be seen in the fol-lowing aspects:it affects the position, development speed and information communication of high and new technology industry cluster, and promotes the cooperation between corporations in the cluster; it can solve effectively the problem of contract shortage in the technical innovation network of hi-tech corporations; it is useful in helping the cluster develop from the embryonic stage to pri-mary stage; it is helpful in promoting the cluster to realize knowledge transfer, flow and creation, and so on.