Reporting intellectual capital in Spain

Corporate Communications

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-181

  Oliveras, Ester ^a   Gowthorpe, Catherine ^b   Kasperskaya, Yulia ^c   Perramon, Jordi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Content management; Disclosure; Intellectual capital; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049094438     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563280810869596     Document Type: Article

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