Intellectual capital statements on their way to the stock exchange: Analyzing new reporting systems

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-240

  Nielsen, Christian ^a   Bukh, Per Nikolaj ^b   Mouritsen, Jan ^a   Rosenkrands, Mette Rosenkrands ^b   Gormsen, Peter ^c  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^c NOVOZYMES A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Disclosure; Financial analysis; Intellectual capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646692715     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691930610661872     Document Type: Article

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