Assessment of intellectual capital management in Taiwanese IC design companies: Using DEA and the Malmquist productivity index

R and D Management

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 531-545

  Wu, Wann Yih ^a   Tsai, Hsin Ju ^b   Cheng, Kuei Yang ^a   Lai, Mengkuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33750588317     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2006.00452.x     Document Type: Review

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