Temporal Capital Theory: A Grand Framework for Value Realisation at the Intersection of Technology, Economics, and Management

Temporal Capital Theory provides an axiom‑based framework for analysing how the timing of capital commitments determines value creation or destruction. Its central Sequencing Value Condition requires that binding enablers be stabilised before irreversible commitment; violation opens a measurable decay interval. The framework spans six capital types—physical, human, financial, legal, algorithmic, and digital infrastructure—and is equipped with a closed‑form valuation model and a taxonomy of temporal strategies. The same condition applies at micro (firm), meso (sector), and macro (economy) levels, explaining phenomena from idle factory equipment to sector‑wide digital‑transformation lags and economy‑wide resource misallocation. By linking technology, economics, and management, the framework provides a unified lens for investment timing, innovation policy, and industrial development.