The effects of human capital on competitive strategies and performance—Evidence from listed companies in China´s SME board

Author

Liu, Desheng ; Liang, Yilin ; Zhang, Luxiu ; Zhang, Yuming

Author_Institution

Sch. of Manage., Shandong Univ., Jinan, China

fYear

2010

fDate

2-5 June 2010

Firstpage

670

Lastpage

675

Abstract

The study tests the performance effects of human capital, competitive strategies and the interaction of human capital with competitive strategies. Results from a survey of 131 listed companies in China´s SME board support the relationship that human capital has a positive effect on the firm performance and differentiation competitive strategy positive effects on the firm performance. However, the effect of low cost strategy on firm performance is not statistically significant. Furthermore, the result also shows that human capital moderates the relationship between differentiation competitive strategy and firm performance, but human capital does not moderate the relationship between low cost competitive strategy and firm performance. These results contribute to knowledge on the resource-based view of the firm and the human capital importance of strategic implementation.

Keywords

competitive intelligence; human resource management; organisational aspects; small-to-medium enterprises; SME board; competitive performance; differentiation competitive strategy positive effects; firm performance; human capital; low cost strategy; performance effects; Continuous improvement; Costs; Demography; Equations; Humans; Performance analysis; Production; Productivity; Technological innovation; Testing; Differentiation Strategy; Firm Performance; Human Capital; Low Cost Strategy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Innovation and Technology (ICMIT), 2010 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6565-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-6566-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMIT.2010.5492740

Filename

5492740