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THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN INFORMATIONAL SOCIETY
THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN INFORMATIONAL SOCIETY

Author(s): Zinaida Zhyvko, Olha Podra, Anastasiia Volnykh
Subject(s): Security and defense
Published by: Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego i Indywidualnego “Apeiron” w Krakowie
Keywords: human capital;information society;human potential;investments;

Summary/Abstract: Under conditions of information society development more and more attention is paid to the human capital conception research and its investments efficiency determination, because a high level of individual capabilities, which were created in the process of investing, provides a worker competitiveness, flexibility and realization in economic activity, stimulates subsequent development and self-perfection under conditions of the information society formation. The development of the “human capital” concept, basic approaches to its determination and modern development features in domestic and foreign scientists’ research works are researched in the article. The process of a human capital formation is analyzed, general and excellent lines with contiguous concepts are selected. The concept of investments in human capital is explored, investment mechanism of human capital development under condition of information society transition is analyzed in the article. Possible consequences of such investments for main investment process participants are analyzed. It was found out that investments must be done on the early stages of human potential formation on the basis of education, medical providing, humanitarian and cultural development, and as a result there is a formation of highquality components, which provide the higher level of competitiveness and mobility at the labour market. The existent classification of investment subjects was extended, and added to them participants of market infrastructure, to which were included the financial and credit institutes, non-state pension fund, insurance companies, venture funds, accumulation funds, recruiting agencies.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 166-183
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English