An empirical study of the impact of intellectual capital on business performance

Journal of Information and Knowledge Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-21

  Chu, Samuel Kai Wah ^a   Chan, Kin Hang ^b   Yu, Ka Yin ^a   Ng, Hing Tai ^a   Wong, Wai Kwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

financial performance; Hang Seng Index; Intellectual capital; VAICTM; value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880195763     PISSN: 02196492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219649211002791     Document Type: Article

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