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Human Resource Practices, Absorptive Capacity and Human Costs in SMEs : A Theoretical Model about the Implementation of HRP, its Benefits and Costs

<p>Absorptive capacity is fundamental for small-middle enterprises to increase their innovativeness and competitiveness in the market place. Human resources, being the most important asset in SMEs, might help firms to obtain adequate levels of absorptive capacity through a planned set of human resource practices. The hu-man costs of implementing such practices, however, cannot be neglected, and this paper studies the relationship between these different variables.</p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:hj-12340
Date January 2010
CreatorsCisamolo, Marco, Villarreal Muraira, Alain
PublisherJönköping University, JIBS, Business Administration
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, text

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