A study on the relationship between intellectual capital and business performance in the engineering consulting industry: A path analysis

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 265-271

  Huang, Chung Fah ^a   Hsueh, Sung Lin ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b TUNG FANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Business performance; Engineering consulting; Intellectual capital; Path analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; CORRELATION METHODS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY;

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; ENGINEERING CONSULTING; INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL; PATH ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

EID: 37849017202     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13923730.2007.9636446     Document Type: Article

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