In emerging economies, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) contribute a sizeable proportion of exports and manufacturing output, and millions of people are provided employment. Entrepreneurs and these small firms are influenced by many contextual factors in their operations. Social capital factors, both formal and informal social networks, are considered influential to their performance. This study uses regression analysis to study the impact of social capital dimensions on financial performance of SMEs. Primary data were collected through survey of SMEs of India. It was found that out of five social capital dimensions only four dimensions, such as complicity, status, social relations and personal relations, positively impact the financial performance of SMEs, whereas one dimension ‘Interlinking and family support’ had no significant impact on financial performance of SMEs. The implications of these findings are discussed.

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社会资本对中小企业财务绩效的维度影响

在新兴经济体中，中小企业（SME）贡献了相当大的出口和制造业产出，为数百万人提供了就业。企业家和这些小公司在运营中会受到许多环境因素的影响。正式和非正式社交网络的社会资本因素都被认为对其绩效有影响。本研究使用回归分析来研究社会资本维度对中小企业财务绩效的影响。通过对印度中小企业的调查收集了原始数据。结果发现，在五个社会资本维度中，只有四个维度（例如共谋，地位，社会关系和个人关系）对中小企业的财务绩效产生积极影响，而“联系与家庭支持”这一维度对中小企业的财务绩效没有重大影响。讨论了这些发现的含义。