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Human capital appears to be at the core of business strategies helping firms to recover from the catastrophic effects of COVID19 and bounce back effectively. The book in hand provides a diverse view of the human capital, its multifaceted role and application in an organization. The book also offers a comprehensive analysis on the role of human capital in industry 4.0, firm internationalization, and organizational ambidexterity and outlines strategies for the firm to improve its human capital readiness, keeping in view the contemporary business dynamics. A very simple and focused approach has been adopted through the book to make it readable for the people from the diverse fields. The book also focuses upon the conceptualizations and measurements of human capital in order to offer conceptual clarity of human capital to readers. A central focus of the book is how human capital interacts with and complements other organizational resources and technological developments. The book will be extremely useful for top-tier managers, researchers, academicians, consultants, and practitioners interested in gaining a current, relevant, and diverse perspective on human capital, its dimensions, and development.
List of contents
Forward Preface Chapter 1 Human Capital: Evolution and Dimensions Chapter 2 Human Capital: Gauging the Ungauged Chapter 3 Human Capital or Human Capital Readiness: What matters for performance? Chapter 4 Human Capital and Internationalization Chapter 5 Human Capital Development Strategies and Ambidextrous Learning Chapter 6 Fathered Alone Raised Together: A Discourse on the Role of Human Capital and Human Capital Resource Leading to Innovative Work Behavior of Employees Chapter 7 Beyond Conventional Human Capital: Behavioural Human Capital in Driving Firms' Absorptive Capacity and Innovation Chapter 8 Human Capital in Cross border Mergers & Acquisitions: An Exaptation perspective Chapter 9 Human Capital, Technological Capabilities and Productivity: Firm-Level Evidence Chapter 10 Human capital for Fourth Industrial Revolution: Human Capital 4.0
About the author
Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik is Professor and Dean, College of Business Management at Institute of Business Management, Karachi, Pakistan.
Muhammad Shahbaz is a Professor of Economics at the School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, China.
Qaisar Abbas is Chief of Research Division, CAREC Institute, Urumqi, China.
Summary
Human Capital, Innovation and Disruptive Digital Technology: A Multidimensional Perspective aoffers a comprehensive analysis on the role of human capital in industry 4.0, firm internationalization, and organizational ambidexterity and outlines strategies for the firm to improve its human capital readiness.
