One of the ways in which people nowadays are able to build their social capital is by building an online presence. Social capital refers to the assets that exist among effective social groups such as interpersonal relationships, a sense of identity, shared understanding, shared norms, shared values, trust, reciprocity and cooperation. By creating contacts online, a person can get closer to building up his social capital.
This is what is called as the disruptive innovation and is characterized by the of the new markets and destroys the existing markets and values chain networks.
An example of this includes various manufacturing sector and have created a wave of innovations by filling the gaps through the evolution of the technology network.