We investigate the risk-return relation in international stock markets using realized variance constructed from MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) daily stock price indices. In contrast with the capital asset pricing model, realized variance by itself provides negligible information about future excess stock market returns; however, we uncover a positive and significant risk-return tra...

by the more advances in science and knowledge, the role of staff and human relations (hr) becomes more evident in the progress of the organization and the community. social capital and intellectual capital are the two subjects that in the recent two decades have been considered and their formative roles in organizational development and performance have been confirmed. this study examines the r...

in value creation process via finding and exploiting opportunities, entrepreneurs have to create and use social networks to gain access to resources and information and benefit from their social capital. the entrepreneurs’ activities, contacts and performance can influence the social capital of a society. this research reviews the previous research regarding the effect of sex segregation on soc...

social capital is a multi-faceted phenomenon in social sciences that massively affects many social fields. it can be a helpful factor in promoting health. among the groups with high burnout, nurses have always shown higher levels of burnout. studies have revealed that social capital can be an important factor affecting burnout. this study aimed to determine the extent of the effect of social ca...

Intellectual capital (IC) is organizational intangible asset which is frequently associated with performance. IC is commonly categorized into three core components: human capital, structural capital and relational capital. This study takes a step further in the evolution of the IC model for the hotel industry and divides relationship capital into two categories: End customer- relationship capit...

introduction: social capital is multidimensional and it is about the value of social networks and relations between people. social capital refers to the relationships that forms the quality and quantity of the society’s social interactions. this study was designed to determine the relationship between social capital and faculty member’s job satisfaction in shiraz medical school. method: social ...

the main objective of this article is to present a comparative study of capital assets pricing models (capm) with extrapolating capital assets pricing models (x-capm) of companies admitted in tehran exchange market which is accomplished for the first time by investigators of this research in iran. accordingly, the statistical population under study of this research includes all companies admitt...

human capital has always been of high importance in economic growth literature. in this regard, several studies have tried to explain the role of this variable via the use of different models. the present study, in line with the previous ones, going to estimate the share of human capital in iranian economy production from 1974 to 2011 within the framework of ozawa (1965) and lucas’s (1988) endo...