Human Capital, Firm Capabilities, and Innovation

Essays on Dynamic Capabilities: the Role of Intellectual Human Capital in Firm Innovation

Technological Innovation Capabilities and Firm Performance

Technological innovation capability (TIC) is defined as a comprehensive set of characteristics of a firm that facilities and supports its technological innovation strategies. An audit to evaluate the TICs of a firm may trigger improvement in its future practices. Such an audit can be used by the firm for self assessment or third-party independent assessment to identify problems of its capabilit...

Firm-level Human Capital and Innovation: Evidence from China

This paper explores firm-level innovation in a human capital view using two firm-level datasets from China, one from metropolitan cities and one from provincial middle cities. General human capital level can affect innovation directly and via R&D level indirectly; managerial human capital can affect firm innovation through their decision-making. We find that general human capital and managerial...

Enhancing Technological Innovation Capabilities: The Role of Human Capital in Iranian Sports Manufacturing Companies

Background. To effectively response to environmental changes and gain a competitive advantage, sports manufacturing companies should invest in human capital. Objectives. The study aimed at examining the effects of human capital on technological innovation capabilities in Iranian sports manufacturing companies. Methods. Conducted applied research and the survey. Data were collected using stand...

Creativity and Innovation as a New Approach in Human Capital

This question has always been put forward in the mind of curious people why some countries have developed termed in spite of very few natural resources and facilities while other countries have not developed in spite of having more suitable resources and facilities. Various factors such as economy, culture, geography, etc. are perhaps a background to answer this question, but there is a more im...