Indicators: On visualizing, classifying and dramatizing

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-203

  Catasús, Bino ^a   Gröjer, Jan Erik ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Classification; Human capital; Intellectual capital; Measuring instruments

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646688464     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691930610661854     Document Type: Article

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