PhD defence: Agnes Guenther

Although critical to firm performance, human capital has a limited capacity and cannot be possessed by a firm. These characteristics create several challenges for firms. Human capital needs to be allocated to specific tasks, functions and locations. Moreover, human capital is mobile and often lost with employee departure. This dissertation examines the strategic value of human capital, specifically, how changes in the firm context affect the reconfiguration, mobility, and value of human capital. It provides insights into how firms can increase human capital capacity in acquired firms, how the organizational design constrains employees’ mobility, and challenges industry-specific human capital as causal mechanism explaining new venture survival.
 

Primary Supervisor:
Professor H.C. Kongsted
Department of Strategy and Innovation
Copenhagen Business School
 
Secondary Supervisor:
Associate Professor Francesco Di Lorenzo
Department of Strategy and Innovation
Copenhagen Business School
 
 
Assessment Committee:
Professor Wolfgang Sofka (Chair)
Department of Strategy and Innovation
Copenhagen Business School
 
Professor Olenka Kacperczyk
Strategy and Entrepreneurship
London Business School
 
Professor Russ Coff
Department of Management and Human Resources
University of Wisconsin-Madison
 
Thesis:


The thesis will be available from research.cbs.dk
 
Covid-19 restrictions:
 
The defence is taking place on CBS and via Teams Microsoft.  
On CBS all current Covid-19 restrictions will apply on the day. CBS is working on updating Covid-19 guidelines. CBS employees wanting to attend the defence need to bear in mind the 50% attendance rate which applies. Please keep yourself updated on the current Covid-19 restrictions.
 
 
Online:
It will also be possible to attend the defence via an online connection at the following link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Y2E1MGIxNmItZDBmO...
 
*Please note in connection with the online defence that the microphone and camera of all spectators must be turned off!