Intellectual capital: an exploratory study that develops measures and models

Management Decision

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 63-76

  Bontis, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capital; Employees; Experience; Management; Organizational learning; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956935421     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251749810204142     Document Type: Article

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