Utilising narrative to improve the relevance of intellectual capital

Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 248-279

  Dumay, John ^a   Roslender, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IC measurement; IC reporting; Intellectual capital; Narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883370658     PISSN: 18325912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JAOC-07-2011-0034     Document Type: Article

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