Intellectual capital and performance within the banking sector of Luxembourg and Belgium

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 286-309

  Mention, Anne Laure ^a   Bontis, Nick ^b  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Banking; Belgium; Business performance; Innovation; Intellectual capital; Luxembourg; Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878228117     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691931311323896     Document Type: Article

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