A critical examination of implementing government sponsored intellectual capital management and reporting programs for small and medium enterprises Hong Kong and Japan

VINE

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 214-238

  Inn, Janice Tee Jeok ^a   Dumay, John ^b,c   Kokubu, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Government policy; IC disclosure; IC management; IC measurement; IC reporting; SMEs

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY;

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FOCUS LIMIT; INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL; POLICY MAKERS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SMES;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 84928542035     PISSN: 03055728     EISSN: 14741032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/VINE-09-2014-0053     Document Type: Article

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