...Tao Wang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of board human capital diversity on corporate innovation. Moreover, it examines the moderating effect of internal social capital on the relationship between board human capital diversity and corporate innovation. Design...

...Wayne Visser Purpose For the purpose of applied research, we are interested in deriving and measuring multi-level future resilience, from a human capital perspective. This paper aims to set the theoretical foundations for a future resilience index to be launched in 2020. Design/methodology...

...Vincenzo Scafarto; Panagiotis Dimitropoulos Purpose The main purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between human capital investments and financial performance in the professional football industry. The authors examine this association by controlling for internal (club-level...

... remedy, and identifying the remedy that works best. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Decision theory Human capital Economics Education Local economies Mainstream economics, instructed by Smith's Wealth of Nations (Smith, 1976a) and strengthened by Friedman's...

... that the selection of directors is not a complex process. On the other hand, social and human capital theories suggest that personal investments in human and social capital legitimate the individual as a potential director. As directorship opportunities arise, matching and alignment occurs between individuals...

...) and human capital theory (which recognizes the value of the knowledge worker to the success of the firm) now recognized by many US corporations. While accepting the managerial limits of these approaches, it is argued that corporations and industry associations need to develop and implement a human capital...