This paper, using the resource-based view of the firm as the theoretical background, is to determine whether the integration of training in the firm's business strategies increases the impact of training on the firm's competitiveness. A regression analysis of the data obtained from a survey of...

This paper examines if a portfolio of firms with the best training program consistently outperforms the market. This study constructs an equally-weighted portfolio of top 10 companies ranked in the Training Top 125 each year from 2001 to 2010. In particular, this study compares the performance...

This paper examines if firms in the United States with quality training programs can enjoy above-the-market-average benefits and performance by analyzing risk premiums and risk-adjusted excess returns of a portfolio of public firms in the United States, which are ranked consecutively from 2006...

Based theoretically on the resource-based view of the firm (RBV), this study surveys human resource professionals employed in small, medium, and large firms regarding the impact of training on various measures of the firm’s competitiveness. Based on the analysis of data obtained from the...

The problem of this study is to investigate the extent to which training professionals employed in US-based global and local companies are strategically integrated in their companies’ business strategies. The t-test analysis of data obtained from an online survey of training professionals...

This paper, based theoretically on the resource-based view of the firm, investigates the extent to which training contributes to the firm’s innovation and explores a relationship between the integration of training in the firm’s business strategies and the extent to which training...