Human Capital Development and Its Impact on Firm Performance: Evidence from Developmental Economics

Human capital is getting wider attention with increasing globalization and also the saturation of the job market due to the recent downturn in the various economies of the world. Developed and developing countries put emphases on a more human capital development towards accelerating the economic gr...

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Main Authors: Marimuthu, Maran, Arokiasamy, Lawrence, Ismail, Maimunah
Format: Citation Index Journal
Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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Published: 2009
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spelling utp-eprints.120472017-03-20T00:31:50Z Human Capital Development and Its Impact on Firm Performance: Evidence from Developmental Economics Marimuthu, Maran Arokiasamy, Lawrence Ismail, Maimunah HG Finance Human capital is getting wider attention with increasing globalization and also the saturation of the job market due to the recent downturn in the various economies of the world. Developed and developing countries put emphases on a more human capital development towards accelerating the economic growth by devoting necessary time and efforts. Thus human capital development is one of the fundamental solutions to enter the international arena. Specifically, firms must invest necessary resources in developing human capital which tend to have a great impact on performance. This paper examines the extent to which human capitals have direct impacts on firm performance from various critical perspectives. Firm performance is viewed in terms of financial and non-financial performance. Finally, this paper develops a model that explains the relationship between human capital and firm performance. 2009 Citation Index Journal PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/12047/1/Human%20Capital%20Development%20and%20Its%20Impact%20on%20Firm%20Performance_Evidence%20from%20Developmental%20Economics.pdf application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/12047/2/marimuthu_arokiasamy_ismail.pdf Marimuthu, Maran and Arokiasamy, Lawrence and Ismail, Maimunah (2009) Human Capital Development and Its Impact on Firm Performance: Evidence from Developmental Economics. [Citation Index Journal] http://eprints.utp.edu.my/12047/
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Marimuthu, Maran
Arokiasamy, Lawrence
Ismail, Maimunah
Human Capital Development and Its Impact on Firm Performance: Evidence from Developmental Economics
description Human capital is getting wider attention with increasing globalization and also the saturation of the job market due to the recent downturn in the various economies of the world. Developed and developing countries put emphases on a more human capital development towards accelerating the economic growth by devoting necessary time and efforts. Thus human capital development is one of the fundamental solutions to enter the international arena. Specifically, firms must invest necessary resources in developing human capital which tend to have a great impact on performance. This paper examines the extent to which human capitals have direct impacts on firm performance from various critical perspectives. Firm performance is viewed in terms of financial and non-financial performance. Finally, this paper develops a model that explains the relationship between human capital and firm performance.
format Citation Index Journal
author Marimuthu, Maran
Arokiasamy, Lawrence
Ismail, Maimunah
author_sort Marimuthu, Maran
title Human Capital Development and Its Impact on Firm Performance: Evidence from Developmental Economics
title_short Human Capital Development and Its Impact on Firm Performance: Evidence from Developmental Economics
title_full Human Capital Development and Its Impact on Firm Performance: Evidence from Developmental Economics
title_fullStr Human Capital Development and Its Impact on Firm Performance: Evidence from Developmental Economics
title_full_unstemmed Human Capital Development and Its Impact on Firm Performance: Evidence from Developmental Economics
title_sort human capital development and its impact on firm performance: evidence from developmental economics
publishDate 2009
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/12047/1/Human%20Capital%20Development%20and%20Its%20Impact%20on%20Firm%20Performance_Evidence%20from%20Developmental%20Economics.pdf
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