@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10000804,
	  title     = {Relations between Human Capital Investments and Business Excellence in Croatian Companies},
	  author    = {Ivana Tadić and  Željana Aljinović Barać and  Nikolina Plazonić},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {Living today in turbulent business environment forces
companies to distinguish from each other, securing sustainable
competitive growth and competitive advantage. The best possible
solution is to invest (effort and financial resources) within
companies’ different practices of human resource management
(HRM), more specifically in employees’ knowledge, skills and
abilities. Applying this approach companies will create enviable level
of human capital securing its economic growth. Employees become
human capital for their employers at the moment when they
contribute with their own knowledge and abilities in creating material
and non-material value of the company. The main aim of this
research is to explore the relations between human capital
investments and business excellence of Croatian companies.
Furthermore, the differences in the level of human capital
investments with regard to several companies’ characteristics (e.g.
size of the company, ownership and type of the industry) are
investigated.
},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering},
	  volume    = {9},
	  number    = {3},
	  year      = {2015},
	  pages     = {850 - 855},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10000804},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/99},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 99, 2015},
	}