Intellectual capital reporting by the New Zealand local government sector

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 456-486

  Schneider, Annika ^a   Samkin, Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Annual reports; Disclosure; Intellectual capital; Local authorities; New Zealand; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 50449092390     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691930810892036     Document Type: Article

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