Abstract
The determinants of the value of the entrepreneurial competences and behaviour are examined. The study reveals that time is the link between marginal productivities of the capital assets and that of the human competences. The successful entrepreneur behaves in order to give marketability to skills, riding a cycle that transforms them into a corporate hallmark. We provide a detailed description of a methodology to measure the 'competence value' and to compare it against standard goodwill estimations. Results of empirical analysis over a sample made of more than 3,000 Italian companies show that the proposed Intato–T–ratio is a stronger estimator than the widely diffused Tobin–Q–ratio. Allocating investments according to the competence value can exploit immediately 51% of hidden values and allow higher growth rates during an entrepreneurial cycle lasting 13 years on average. Aborting competence value in credit allowances procedures will impact dramatically on SMEs after the adoption of Basel–3 agreements.
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