Intellectual capital and firm performance in Australia

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 505-530

  Clarke, Martin ^a   Seng, Dyna ^b   Whiting, Rosalind H ^b  

^a Deloitte   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australia; Firm performance; Intellectual capital; Knowledge economy; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055029827     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691931111181706     Document Type: Article

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