The region's intellectual capital benchmarking system: Enabling economic growth through evaluation

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 41-54

  Rodriguez, Blanca Martins ^a   Martí, José María Viedma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Cluster analysis; Economic growth; Innovation; Intellectual capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749156380     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270610691161     Document Type: Article

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