The effect of intellectual capital on firm performance: An investigation of Iran insurance companies

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-66

  Alipour, Mohammad ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Financial performance; Insurance companies; Intellectual capital; Iran; Value added

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858418026     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683041211204671     Document Type: Article

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