Firms' human capital, R&D and performance: a study on French and Swedish firms

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2001-09-01

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Ballot, G
Fakhfakh, F
Taymaz, Erol

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This paper studies the effects of human and technological capital on productivity in a sample of large French and Swedish firms. While the role of technological capital as measured by R&D has been intensively investigated, almost no work has been done on the role of human capital as measured by firm-sponsored training and even less its interaction with technological capital. The level of intangible capital may also have a lasting effect on productivity growth, as emphasised by some endogenous growth models in a macroeconomic setting.

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Economics and Econometrics, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/45672

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LABOUR ECONOMICS

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s0927-5371(01)00038-0

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Department of Economics, Article

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G. Ballot, F. Fakhfakh, and E. Taymaz, “Firms’ human capital, R&D and performance: a study on French and Swedish firms,” LABOUR ECONOMICS, pp. 443–462, 2001, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/45672.