Human Capital: Recognition and Reporting

This discussion provides the definition, background, types, and categories of the business entity’s human capital workforce. Investors, business regulators and other stakeholders believe human capital has value that should be measured and disclosed on the entity’s financial statements. Various means to determine human capital value are identified and discussed. together with available disclosure guidelines. Support for reporting human capital values on the entity’s financial statement is presented together with information about why human capital should not be reported. Investors, stakeholders, and other financial statement users’ perspective regarding the availability of human capital value information are presented with the reporting framework.

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Journal of Applied Business and Economics
Published
2025-09-21
DOI
https://doi.org/10.33423/jabe.v27i5.7835
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Regional Development and Policy
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Human Capital: Recognition and Reporting

Mary Fischer
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Human Capital: Recognition and Reporting

Mary Fischer
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Abstract

This discussion provides the definition, background, types, and categories of the business entity’s human capital workforce. Investors, business regulators and other stakeholders believe human capital has value that should be measured and disclosed on the entity’s financial statements. Various means to determine human capital value are identified and discussed. together with available disclosure guidelines. Support for reporting human capital values on the entity’s financial statement is presented together with information about why human capital should not be reported. Investors, stakeholders, and other financial statement users’ perspective regarding the availability of human capital value information are presented with the reporting framework.

Journal of Applied Business and EconomicsVol. 27(5)
The University of Texas at Tyler (US)
Openalex Percentile: Top 70%
Regional Development and Policy
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