Intellectual capital practices of firms and the commodification of labour

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-48

  Abeysekera, Indra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commodity markets; Intellectual capital; Labour; Market value

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149128273     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570810842313     Document Type: Article

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