The Theory of Real Options as Theoretical Foundation for the Assessment of...

Zeitschrift für Personalforschung;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The human capital represented by corporate employees involved...contrast to other value-creating factors, human capital is more difficult to measure, evaluate and manage. Due to human capital's great importance for economic value creation...

The Classification of Human Capital according to the Strategic Goals of...

International Journal of Management;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......nowadays derive their competitive advantages mainly from human capital. And it becomes critical for companies to select human capital that matches their strategic goals. Human capital must be identified, invested and maintained. This paper...

The measurement of human capital and its effects on the analysis of...

International Journal of Management;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......properly report, measure and disclosure human capital that creates intelligence and competence...importance of proper disclosure of human capital in financial statements. And suggests ways to disclose and to measure the human capital. Then it uses the results of a high-te...

HUMAN CAPITAL AND GROWTH EMPIRICS

The Journal of Developing Areas;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......attempt to understand the empirics of human capital (schooling attainment here) and economic...progress as a function of stock value of human capital. Various econometric methodologies...positive and significant effect of human capital is not observed. The paper concludes...

Whose capital is it? trends in Human Capital.(Statistical Data Included)

Ivey Business Journal;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......demonstrated a link between the development of human capital and economic growth. Some of the initial...research on return on investment in human capital includes a definitive study by Mark...encouraging, but the meaning of the term human capital remains cloudy. Studies tend to ...

Human Capital in Russia

The European Journal of Comparative Economics;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......This paper considers the dynamics of human capital in Russia, examining its changes over...explain why a significant endowment of human capital creates the possibility but not the...Classification: J24,015,030 Keywords: human capital, R&D, information technology, Russia...

Human Capital Measurement: From Insight to Action

Organization Development Journal;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Abstract Human capital has attracted a plethora of media...and is sporadic in implementation. Human capital represents a powerful tool for human...practical definition and application of human capital at Standard Chartered Bank to provide...

Putting a value on people.(measuring human capital)(Column)

The Economist (US);  June 24, 1995 ;     700+ words ......is to improve what economists call human capital --that is the health, education and...But to gauge the effects of improved human capital, economists need to be able to measure...attempts to measure its contribution to human capital made use of literacy rates. In practice...

Differential human capital investments and the choice of successor in...

American Journal of Agricultural Economics;  August 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......the pace of development depends on human capital accumulation of the population as...important to understand the way human capital investment decisions are made in the rural sector. Human capital levels are determined to a large...

Measuring and managing human capital intelligence: how the US Census...

The Public Manager;  December 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......management of its talent needs--the human capital of the organization. President's Management...including the strategic management of human capital. General Accounting Office (GAO) reports...agencies in their strategic management of human capital. OPM also ordered agencies to ...

Human Capital: What It Is and Why People Invest It

Personnel Psychology;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Thomas O. Davenport. Human Capital: What It Is and Why People Invest It. San Francisco...human resources in the above sentence, but rather to human capital. What is human capital and why is it better to think of employees in this...

Human Capital: Selected Agency Actions to Integrate Human Capital...

General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  May 1, 2003 ;     380 words ......April 11, 2003 Successful strategic human capital management requires the integration of human capital approaches with strategies for accomplishing...Based on the recommendations of various human capital experts, GAO identified six executive...

The Human Capital Equation: The value of a person's future labor income is...

On Wall Street;  February 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......is often referred to as the investor's human capital. Although the impact of human capital on investors' portfolio choices has been...this article, we introduce the idea of human capital and describe why it's important in determining...

human capital

A Dictionary of Economics;      166 words ...human capital The present discounted value of the...people with skills and qualifications. Human capital may be acquired through explicit training...loans. The training needed to create human capital has to be paid for. Training for firm-specif...

The effect of deficit finance on human capital.

National Tax Journal;  December 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......considered the consequence on human capital accumulation. Given the tremendous...this lack of attention on human capital seems remarkable. On the other...given that until recently human capital has almost always been ignored...