Intellectual capital reporting in sustainability reports

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 575-594

  Oliveira, Lídia ^a   Rodrigues, Lúcia Lima ^a   Craig, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Financial reporting; Intellectual capital; Portugal; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149380591     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691931011085696     Document Type: Article

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