Optimization of Human Capital in Improving Competitive Advantage of Higher Education through Institution’s Performance: A Case Study of Widyatama University

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (02) ◽  
pp. 2880-2890
Author(s):  
Deden Sutisna ◽  
Sri Wiludjeng SP ◽  
Suskim Riantani ◽  
Yelli Eka Sumadhinata
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Competitive Advantage

Mismatch Between Education and Occupation: A Case Study of Pakistani Graduates.

2011 ◽  
Vol 50 (4II) ◽  
pp. 531-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shujaat Farooq
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Keywords Education ◽  
Job Mismatch

In this study, an attempt has been made to estimate the incidences of job mismatch in Pakistan. The study has divided the job mismatch into three categories; education-job mismatch, qualification mismatch and field of study and job mismatch. Both the primary and secondary datasets have been used in which the formal sector employed graduates have been targeted. This study has measured the education-job mismatch by three approaches and found that about one-third of the graduates are facing education-job mismatch. In similar, more than one-fourth of the graduates are mismatched in qualification, about half of them are over-qualified and the half are under-qualified. The analysis also shows that 11.3 percent of the graduates have irrelevant and 13.8 percent have slightly relevant jobs to their studied field of disciplines. Our analysis shows that women are more likely than men to be mismatched in field of study. JEL classification: I23, I24, J21, J24 Keywords: Education and Inequality, Higher Education, Human Capital, Labour Market

Knowledge Management, Competitive Advantage, and Value Creation

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingi Runar Edvardsson ◽  
Gudmundur Kristjan Oskarsson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Customer Capital ◽  
Number Of Firms

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of knowledge management on value creation in Icelandic firms. The aim is to examine the ways KM contributes to value creation, and measure the ways in which KM affects customer capital, innovation, and human capital. Given the limited number of firms in the survey with KM programmes, the findings should be seen more as a case study of Icelandic SMEs. The main conclusions are that firms which have adopted KM programmes and strategies have increased employee skills more than other firms; are better at attracting staff; and manifest improved decision making. The same goes for customer handling, innovation, and competitive standing. In general, this means that KM contributes to value creation by enhancing employee skills and innovation which, in turn, strengthen customer handling skills and the firm’s competitive advantage. A conception model based on these findings is also presented in the paper.

University Promotion – Key Factor Of The Use Of Marketing Strategies, In The Context Of Improving The Romanian Higher Education. Case Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 633-638
Author(s):  
Madlena Nen ◽  
Cristina Nicolescu ◽  
Crina Rădulescu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Marketing Mix ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
University Promotion

AbstractThis scientific approach was triggered by the interest to analyze the ability of Romanian higher education to use the marketing strategies, such as the use of promotion, (as instrument of the marketing mix), as strategies of boosting their competitive advantage. The research final conclusions highlight, however, an incipient crystallization of this ability, standing by the initial statement, according to which the Romanian higher education institutions have not yet reached the maturity level in using the marketing instruments, which calls for, in a fairly foreseeable future, the need to adjust their using manner.

scholarly journals The Economic Impact of a Higher Education Institution – The Study Case of the Polytechnic Institute of Beja, Portugal

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-66
Author(s):  
Sandra Saúde ◽  
Carlos Borralho ◽  
Isidro Féria ◽  
Sandra Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Polytechnic Institute ◽  
Population Densities ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Study Case

It is widely recognized that the investment in human capital, innovation, and knowledge transfer is essential to sustainable development and growth. Within this context, the role and action of Higher Education Institutions (HEI) are vital. This paper aims to reflect on the role and the economic impact of a higher education institution, based on the case study of a public HEIs in Portugal namely the Polytechnic Institute of Beja (IPBeja). This institution belongs to the subsystem of polytechnic higher education and is located in a region that has one of the lowest economic and population densities in Europe.

Creativity and Intangibles in the Public Sector: Sources and Socio-Economic Importance in Slovakia and Slovenia

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 103-122
Author(s):  
Kamila Borseková ◽  
Katarína Petríková ◽  
Primož Pevcin
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Internal Resources ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Future Situation ◽  
Cultural Sector

Development of creative and cultural sector, which is based on internal resources of the territory, can ensure competitive advantage; and several factors of competitive advantage based on resources can be defined. Those factors are human capital, tangible and intangible potential as well as financial resources. The purpose of this paper is to elaborate on the importance of creativity as competitive advantage factor and to assess unique resources (tangible, intangible potential, human capital, financial resources) potentially leading to innovation in two EU member states, Slovenia and Slovakia. The paper presents the case study analysis and comparison of current and potential future situation in creative and cultural industries in Slovakia and Slovenia. The results of the study suggest that the foundations for the development of the creative and culture sectors are quite different in those two countries, and Slovenia tends to exhibit stronger current and potential future position in those industries compared to Slovakia.

scholarly journals Wpływ wykształcenia kierownika na konkurencyjność gospodarstw rolnych

2017 ◽  
Vol 17(32) (1) ◽  
pp. 116-124
Author(s):  
Anna Nowak ◽  
Tomasz Kijek
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Land Productivity ◽  
Accounting Data ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Commercial Farms

This paper is an attempt at filling the cognitive gap in the effect that human capital has on farms competitiveness. Education is the most measurable characteristic of human capital so the purpose of this paper is evaluating the effect of the manager’s level of education on the competiveness of the commercial farms. The surveys were carried out based on accounting data provided by commodity farms participating in the Polish FADN in 2010-2012. The outcomes indicate a competitive advantage of farms run by managers who completed higher education over entities run by farmers without higher education. Surveys also demonstrated a competitive advantage to the extent of land productivity, equipment of land with technical facilities and labour on farms run by managers with higher education in comparison to farms whose managers had no such education.

scholarly journals Does Human Capital Theory Explain The Value Of Higher Education? A South African Case Study

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-118
Author(s):  
Alex Van der Merwe
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Productive Capacity ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Private Demand

A perennial debate in the economics of education is whether human capital or screening/signalling theories best explain the value of schooling and hence the private demand for, in particular, higher education. Human capital theory proposes that formal training such as that offered by higher education institutions improves the productive capacity of individuals. Screening theory, on the other hand, posits that the value of higher education credentials flows primarily from their value as signals to potential employers of the abilities of the holders of such qualifications. Following the application of Wiles’ (1974) test and regression analysis this case study finds that it is probable that both human capital and screening theories account for the economic value of higher education in the perceptions and experiences of a local cohort of recent Durban University of Technology graduates. This finding, in spite of its empirical support, relies on a certain amount of intuition necessitated by technical and analytical constraints that are discussed in the paper.

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