Impact of intellectual capital on organisational performance: An empirical study of companies in the Hang Seng Index (Part 1)

The Learning Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-21

  Hang Chan, Kin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Financial performance; Hong Kong; Intellectual capital; Stock exchanges

Indexed keywords

EID: 59949092356     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470910927641     Document Type: Article

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