Essays about: "Return to Human Capital"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the words Return to Human Capital.

  1. 1. What Determines a CEO's Impact on Financial Performance in the Swedish Commodity Industry

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Victor Kjellström; Otto Svensson; [2021]
    Keywords : CEO factors; Financial performance; Human Capital Theory; Homogenous industries; Commodity industry;

    Abstract : Among the many factors shaping company financial performance, the CEO is arguably one of the most critical. But what is it that distinguishes one CEO's ability to produce performance from another? Being such a well-researched field, it still lacks consensus regarding which CEO factors that affect a CEO's ability to produce performance. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Effect of Language Proficiency on Immigrants' Labour Earnings

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Andreas Andersson; Henrik Hällerfors; [2019]
    Keywords : Earnings; Immigration; Refugee; Language; Human Capital;

    Abstract : This study examines the returns to language proficiency for immigrants in Germany. It uses self-reported language proficiency as a proxy for the objective skill level. Estimating the effect is complex and it is likely to be biased due to several factors, such as unobserved heterogeneity, measurement errors, and reverse causality. READ MORE

  4. 3. Under the CSR umbrella - The effect of CSR performance and Human capital commitments on Corporate financial performance

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Dennis Mohammad; Gustav Strand; [2018]
    Keywords : CSR; Human Capital; Corporate Financial Performance; Carhart four-factor model;

    Abstract : This study looks at the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance and human capital commitments on corporate financial performance for Swedish corporations between 2002 and 2015. While the general effect of CSR performance on corporate financial performance is well studied around the world, this study deep-dives into one factor under the CSR umbrella, human capital, which till this day is a sub-section of CSR that we know little about. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Pursuit of Motivating Employees : The connection between employee turnover and reward packages in the hotel – and insurance industry

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

    Author : Jenny Parttimaa; Mathilda Bäckström; [2018]
    Keywords : Human capital investment; Return on investment; Intrinsic – and Extrinsic motivation; Reward systems; Employee turnover; the Hotel and Restaurant industry; the Credit institutions and Insurance companies industry;

    Abstract : Motivating employees is one of the management top priorities nowadays. Motivated employees are less likely to leave the company, which leads to lower turnover rate which in turn can lead to lower costs for the company. READ MORE

  6. 5. Graduate’s migration and employment. A case study of Umeå.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Kulturgeografi

    Author : Tetiana Sorokolit; [2018]
    Keywords : graduates; migration patterns; employment match mismatch; income penalty; regression analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the students who graduated from the Umeå university in respect to their migration patterns and their employment situation. The study focuses on young adults with higher education, who due to their age are highly mobile and are a significant part of human capital which provides an influx of collective intelligence and has a positive effect on the region. READ MORE