Entrepreneurship, Organization Capital and the Evolution of the Firm

24 Pages Posted: 5 Mar 2008

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Atsushi Oshima

University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business - Department of Economics

B. Ravikumar

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis

Raymond G. Riezman

Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics; University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) - Department of Economics; University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business - Department of Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); GEP; Aarhus University - School of Business and Social Sciences

Date Written: March 1, 2008

Abstract

We view the entrepreneur as an agent who possesses human capital in the form of specific skills or talents. When she starts a firm, her human capital is essential to the firm and it has substantial private value. The entrepreneur transforms her human capital over time into what we call 'organization capital'. This organization capital can be sold as part of the firm, so the dynamic process of transforming specific human capital into organization capital means that the value of the firm increases over time.

Keywords: organization capital, entrepreneur

JEL Classification: L26, D92

Suggested Citation

Oshima, Atsushi and Ravikumar, B. and Ravikumar, B. and Riezman, Raymond G., Entrepreneurship, Organization Capital and the Evolution of the Firm (March 1, 2008). CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2242, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1102971 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1102971

Atsushi Oshima

University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business - Department of Economics ( email )

108 Pappajohn Building
Iowa City, IA 52242
United States

B. Ravikumar

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis ( email )

St Louis, MO 63166
United States

Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis ( email )

411 Locust St
Saint Louis, MO 63011
United States

Raymond G. Riezman (Contact Author)

Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics ( email )

Fuglesangs Allé 4
Aarhus V, 8210
Denmark

HOME PAGE: http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/faculty/rriezman/

University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) - Department of Economics ( email )

2127 North Hall
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
United States

University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business - Department of Economics ( email )

316 PBB
Iowa City, IA 52242
United States

HOME PAGE: http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/faculty/rriezman/

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

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Munich, DE-81679
Germany

HOME PAGE: http://www.cesifo.de

GEP ( email )

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Aarhus University - School of Business and Social Sciences ( email )

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Aarhus C, DK-8000
Denmark

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