A survey of the literature on human capital-intensive firms

Cecile Cezanne, Jackie Krafft and Laurence Saglietto ()
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Laurence Saglietto: COMUE UCA - COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019), GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur

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Abstract: The aim of this paper is to provide an exhaustive survey of the academic research dedicated to the study of human capital‐intensive firms (HCIFs). We use a bibliometric analysis based on the three widely used databases (Econlit, Science Direct and Wiley) over the period 1992–2015. We are adapting a methodology developed in previous works to our specific object of study, and we generate a bottom‐up clustering on keywords, titles and abstracts. Our examination of the data sheds a light on five main clusters of works that respectively focus on (1) critical human resource management, (2) intellectual capital assessment, (3) funding risk and innovation (4) high‐skilled employees supporting economic development and (5) internal and external valuable social networks. In a critical appraisal of our results, we stress that the bibliometric analysis remains silent on how the different clusters are linked with each other. Based on our own appreciation of the HCIFs literature, we propose a further step in the identification of a central question linking up these clusters: a transversal review of the five clusters reveals that HCIFs appear as a network of specialized agents whose complementary human resources are decisive for the value‐creation process.

Date: 2019-04
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Published in Journal of Economic Surveys, 2019, 33 (2), pp.458-480. ⟨10.1111/joes.12285⟩

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Journal Article: A SURVEY OF THE LITERATURE ON HUMAN CAPITAL‐INTENSIVE FIRMS (2019)
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DOI: 10.1111/joes.12285

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