Calculating human capital: The market based valuation of the human resource

Zeitschrift fur Personalforschung

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-231

  Bechtel, Roman ^a,b  

^a QIMONDA DRESDEN GMBH AND CO OHG   (Germany)

^b Human Resources Transaction Services Quality   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Human capital calculation; Market Based View (MBV); Resource Based View (RBV)

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548627840     PISSN: 01796437     EISSN: 18620000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/239700220702100302     Document Type: Article

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