In the ‘knowledge economy’, it is widely recognized that the effective engagement and utilization of human capital and the other facets of intellectual capital are critical, if not the only means, to organizations’ short-term success and long-term survival.

Quantitative Multidisciplinary Approaches in Human Capital and Asset Management provides robust scientific research and multidisciplinary perspectives on the theory behind the governance of human capital and human assets. Focusing on insight from the diverse fields of economics, finance, accounting, IT, biology, and development, this timely publication is designed to fit the research needs of researchers, practitioners, graduate-level students, and executives seeking methods for managing intellectual capital in the new knowledge economy.

Coverage:

The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Firm Competitiveness
Human Capital Valuation
Knowledge Management
Productivity
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Social Capital

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Editor Meir Russ presents readers with a reference made up of expert opinions and academic essays on a variety of approaches to human capital and asset management in the workplace or within the organizational framework. The twelve contributions are focused on a variety of related subjects, such as the leveraging of human capital assets with cognitive computing, human capital management for the improvement of competitiveness in firms, and many others.

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Meir Russ is a Professor Emeritus in Management and Marketing at the Austin E. Cofrin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin--Green Bay. He also taught at KEDGE-Bordeaux School of Management, the University of Pisa GSA Master program and at Roma-Tre, Rome, Italy in the Ph.D. program, Semester at Sea, University of Lódz, Poland, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China, NORD University, Norway, and at the University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain. His research interests include human capital valuation methods, knowledge-based strategies and new-knowledge based economic development among others. He published over 25 peer reviewed publications and nineteen book chapters. In addition to his academic focus, Dr. Russ serves in a consulting capacity with a number of multinational companies in the area of global strategic management and knowledge management. Prof. Russ is the founding editor of The International Journal of Management and Business (IJMB) and he currently serves as the Editor in Chief of the Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management (OJAKM). He edited two books with IGI Global titled: Knowledge Management Strategies for Business Development (2010) and Quantitative Multidisciplinary Approaches in Human Capital and Asset Management (2016). He also edited another three books on the subject of Human Capital, titled: Management, Valuation, and Risk for Human Capital and Human Assets: Building the Foundation for a Multi-Disciplinary, Multi-Level Theory, and Value Creation, Reporting, and Signaling for Human Capital and Human Assets: Building the Foundation for a Multi-Disciplinary, Multi-Level Theory, both published by Palgrave-Macmillan in 2014, and Human Capital and Assets in the Networked World (2017) with Emerald. Finally, he most recently edited the book titled Handbook of Knowledge Management for Sustainable Water Systems (2018) with John Wiley & Sons. He was named the UW-Green Bay, Philip J. and Elizabeth Hendrickson Professor in Business in 2014 and Professor Emeritus in 2020.

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