Analysis of intellectual capital disclosure - an illustrative example

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-220

  Husin, Norhayati Mat ^a,b   Hooper, Keith ^a   Olesen, Karin ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b Jalan IKRAM UNITEN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Annual reports; Intellectual capital; Malaysia; Narratives; Numbers; Public companies; Quality; Quantity; Visual images

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859704138     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691931211225030     Document Type: Article

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