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Channels of Managerial Capital Accumulation - A Framework and New Evidence from UK Microdata

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  • Anna Ardanaz-Badia
  • Josh Martin
  • Mika Morgan
  • Jakob Scheebacher

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Organisational capital is usually estimated indirectly, from workforce data or as a residual from balance sheets. In this paper, we focus on a particular subset of organisational capital: managerial capital. We propose a comprehensive framework for measuring the contribution of different channels of managerial capital accumulation, investigate how to measure them in UK microdata sources, and highlight the trade-offs involved in the available choices. We then use novel evidence on the distribution of management scores in Great Britain from the Management and Expectations Survey (MES) to empirically assess the relative importance of these different accumulation channels. Our analysis provides a user guide for other researchers and new facts about managerial capital in Great Britain. We find high correlations between the different channels of managerial capital accumulation, and distinct bundles of choices across industries and types of firms.

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  • Anna Ardanaz-Badia & Josh Martin & Mika Morgan & Jakob Scheebacher, 2022. "Channels of Managerial Capital Accumulation - A Framework and New Evidence from UK Microdata," Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) Discussion Papers ESCoE DP-2022-15, Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE).
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    Keywords

    intangible assets; management; managerial capital; organisational capital;
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    JEL classification:

    • E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General

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