Capital humano y el modelo empresarial de las pymes: una percepción de los empresarios importadores y exportadores de Bogotá

• Main Author: Suelen Emilia Castiblanco
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Konrad Lorenz Fundación Universitaria 2012-12-01
• Series: Suma de Negocios
• Subjects: Human capital; training; manufacturing; business model; entrepreneurs
• Online Access: http://publicaciones.konradlorenz.edu.co/index.php/SumaDeNegocios/article/view/1211

Objective: To identify the incidence of human capital’s categories in the business model of importing and exporting companies of Bogota - region. Methodology: It was conducted a literature review of human capital theory and its impact on Colombian industrialization model, and an interview was applied to eight businessmen importers / exporters of Bogota to learn their perceptions of the business environment. Finally, it was made an analysis of cases in which it was extracted the key insights into the human capital categories analyzed in this study. Findings: The industrialization process has permeated Colombian politics in human capital from the State and enterprises. The modern scheme of economic liberalization has discouraged investment in human capital by em­ployers because in a scenario of liberalization of entry of machinery and equipment in accordance with the opinion of entrepreneurs is more profitable to invest in the import of equipment and specific training in handling it rather than investing in training for the development of endogenous innovation processes and production chains.