Not all sunshine and roses: Discovering intellectual liabilities "in action"

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-144

  Giuliani, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asset valuation; Intangibles; Intellectual capital; Intellectual liabilities; Value creation; Value destruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872312708     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691931311289057     Document Type: Article

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