Investigating the current state and impact of the intellectual capital academic discipline

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 476-500

  Serenko, Alexander ^a   Bontis, Nick ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Classification; Intellectual capital; Sciences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885448632     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: 1758468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JIC-11-2012-0099     Document Type: Article

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